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Lahore, Sep 18: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former cricketer Imran Khan has underlined the need for the setting up of a neutral caretaker government in the country before the general elections.

"The forthcoming general elections cannot be held in the presence of President Pervez Musharraf," Khan said.
Khan opined that the representatives of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) would resign from the national and provincial assemblies if the sitting assemblies elect Musharraf.

Washington, Sept 18: A new study has revealed that performing both aerobics and resistance exercise contributes to blood sugar control in people with type 2 diabetes.

A training session was conducted to determine the effect of aerobic and resistance exercise and included 251 adults, between ages 39 and 70, who were not exercising regularly and had type 2 diabetes.

Washington, Sept 18: A new survey has revealed that most men don’t wash their hands at public restrooms while most women do.
 
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) conducted an observational study that revealed that slightly over three-quarters of men and women (77percent) washed their hands in public restrooms. The result was a six percent decline from a similar study conducted in 2005.
 

Washington, Sept 18: If you gorge on food on day, and then eat half as much or fast the next day may, it may help you lose those extra pounds, for a new study has found that doing so shrinks fat cells and boosts mechanisms that break down fats.

The study was conducted by Krista Varady and colleagues, at the University of California.

As a part of the research, the team studied the effects of alternate-day fasting on 24 male mice for four weeks to assess the effects of Alternate-Day Fasting (ADF).

Washington, Sept 18: A new research has revealed that violently shaking a baby can result the brain damage.

Brain damage due to this is one of the serious consequences extracted from the bibliographic review carried out by a group of interns at the Teaching Maternity Unit of the University College of Health Care of the University of Granada (UGR).

Crying is one way in which an infant expresses its feelings and needs, but the researchers noted that if parents cannot discern what their baby needs, they react sharply by shaking the baby.

Mumbai: Equity shares of Nagreeka Capital & Infrastructure got listed at Rs 114 on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) today.