Archive for December 2012
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According to survey conducted by Business Recorder here on Sunday the prices of poultry products registered with 30 to 40 percent increase in wholesale and retail markets in last couple of days. A sharp increase
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Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudhry Abdul Majeed and Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mir Waiz Umer Farooq have again called for resolution of Kashmir dispute according to UN resolution and said
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Minister of State for Finance and Investment, Salim Mandviwala, has said that US Chamber of Commerce has declared Karachi Stock Exchange as most profitable in the world. In an interview on Sunday, the Minister said
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Vision loss likely related to diabetes in the United States increased by 20 percent over less than a decade, according to a US study - a matter of concern as diabetes rates continue to rise,
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A quarter of cardiac arrest survivors suffer long-term psychological problems such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, according to a US study. This additional stress on recovering patients is under diagnosed, researchers wrote in
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US doctors say they have saved a seven-year-old girl who was close to dying from leukemia with a pioneering use of an unlikely ally: a modified form of the HIV virus. After fighting her disease
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Children and teens who reported overeating, including binge eating, were more likely to start using marijuana and other drugs, according to a US study looking at over 10,000 youths. Binge eating, defined by loss of
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Devoured by a giant squash, engulfed by flood or flames, frozen in a nuclear winter or new ice age, mankind has looked to The End with fear and fascination since the dawn of civilisation. Nature's
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Australia on December 15 announced plans to drill a 2,000 year-old ice core in the heart of Antarctica in a bid to retrieve a frozen record of how the planet has evolved and what might
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Mobile devices that let people track how much they eat and exercise may help them shed weight over and above the benefits of a typical weight-loss program, according to a US study. Researchers writing in
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