Tag: #Research

  • Diabetes To Affect Over 1.3 Billion People Worldwide By 2050

    Diabetes To Affect Over 1.3 Billion People Worldwide By 2050

    The world’s population faces several risky health problems as a result of long sitting hours, unhealthy junk food, improper nutrition, and rising body weight. Diabetes is a leading health issue that the global population is going to face in the coming years. The findings of a new report that was published in The Lancet and The…

  • Artificial Sweeteners not ideal for Weight Control in long term: WHO

    Artificial Sweeteners not ideal for Weight Control in long term: WHO

    According to a recent study, the World Health Organization (WHO) has established that replacing sugar with sweeteners does not help in “weight control“.  The study argues that long-term use of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) such as aspartame could eventually lead to cardiovascular diseases and a heightened risk of type-2 diabetes. In fact, substances including aspartame, stevia,…

  • Study establishes link between Diabetes and COVID-19

    Study establishes link between Diabetes and COVID-19

    According to a study published in the JAMA Network last month, scientists have established links between diabetes and Covid-19.  According to the study, one in twenty new cases of diabetes could be linked to Covid-19. The research argues there is “emerging evidence” of a higher risk of becoming diabetic for individuals who contracted Covid-19. The…

  • New Technique to help in early Diagnosis of Parkinson’s: Research

    New Technique to help in early Diagnosis of Parkinson’s: Research

    Researchers in the United States (US) have claimed they have found a method that could aid in the early detection of disease before symptoms start to show, allowing for timely treatment.  Scientists in the US are hopeful they have found a new technique to help “pinpoint disease” before symptoms appear allowing them the ability to…

  • Data released by Chinese scientists leaves ‘clues on origins’, Researchers

    Data released by Chinese scientists leaves ‘clues on origins’, Researchers

    After a Reuters report claimed Chinese scientists uploaded research on the origins of Covid-19 on an online database and then deleted it, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin claimed China has “always supported” the “global scientific cooperation on origin tracking”.  According to reports, data collected in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic was briefly uploaded…

  • New Disease ‘Plasticosis’ caused by Plastic affecting Seabirds

    New Disease ‘Plasticosis’ caused by Plastic affecting Seabirds

    New research has shown that animals and humans alike are being impacted by plastic use, with a new disease ‘plasticosis’ affecting birds.  The study published on the Natural History Museum website highlighted that problems caused by plastic usage are increasing, with people and animals suffering from its adverse effects. Per the research, this new disease…

  • Pakistani engineers produce eco-friendly biodiesel with edible oil

    Pakistani engineers produce eco-friendly biodiesel with edible oil

    KARACHI: Karachi engineers have found an easy and inexpensive way to produce environmentally friendly biodiesel from used edible oil. According to a private news agency, following the research of the country’s renowned teachers on biodiesel at NED (Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw University of Engineering and Technology) and Dawood Engineering University, young engineers have come up with…

  • 65% of volunteers had previously been infected by Covid-19: REACT

    65% of volunteers had previously been infected by Covid-19: REACT

    In an ongoing study concerning Real-Time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT) in the United Kingdom (UK), nearly two-thirds of those infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19, say they had previous experience of testing positive for the Coronavirus.   According to a BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) report, the study has found that two-thirds of the recent…

  • COVID-19 and its Worldwide Effects

    COVID-19 and its Worldwide Effects

    In December 2019, a flare-up called Covid showed up in Wuhan, China. Researchers later named it COVID-19. The infection ended up being amazingly hazardous that nobody might have speculated. The infection spread step by step and progressively it spread to the entire world. This infection has spread to 198 nations and this infection has additionally…

  • Science vs Religion: What empowers us towards the extraordinary?

    Science vs Religion: What empowers us towards the extraordinary?

    This opinion has been written by Mussab Tariq. “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind”, Albert Einstein. Since the actual birth of science, it is being believed that religion and science are at battle with one another’s forswearing of the presence or need. Researchers will in general accept that we have the total…