By adopting vitamin D in life, we can avoid the attack of dementia. Photo: File London: A large, long-term study has found that a simple regimen, specifically vitamin D supplementation, can help ward off a dreaded disease like dementia. Several previous studies have shown an unusual relationship between vitamin D and dementia. Abnormal vitamin D…
“One million species teeter on the brink of extinction, due to habitat destruction, fossil fuel pollution and the worsening climate crisis. We must end this war on nature,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in his message for the Day. The scores of species of fauna and flora under threat from human activities include some that…
On the heels of recent news reports about Canada and the United States shooting down several flying objects, including an alleged Chinese ‘spy balloon’, inside their borders, WMO points out that weather balloons provide just a tiny fraction of the millions of observations gathered worldwide daily. On Thursday, US President Joe Biden made public remarks…
Eating strawberries every day benefits the heart and keeps blood pressure normal. Photo: File Boston: Experts at the annual meeting on the benefits of berries in the United States have said they have found more evidence that strawberries can improve cardiovascular health. Burt Burton Freeman, a professor associated with the Illinois Institute of Technology, says…
Representing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC), they stressed that the world’s largest humanitarian operation – supporting some 28 million people in Afghanistan – simply cannot function without women staff. The officials reported on their mission to the country last week, in the wake of the edict prohibiting Afghan women from working with local and international…
