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Diet soda linked to increases in belly fat in older adults

A new study shows that drinking diet soda is directly linked to abdominal obesity in adults 65 years of age and older. The findings published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, raise concerns about the safety of chronic diet soda consumption, which may increase belly fat and contribute to greater risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. cola-soft-drinkIn an effort to combat obesity, many adults try to reduce sugar intake by turning to nonnutritive or artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, sac...

Recognizing third gender in Bangladesh

Shahria Sharmin had gone to her husband’s factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, looking to tell a positive story about the garment industry, one that would offset negative public perceptions. What she found, instead, was an even more challenging topic: the lives of five hijras, the local term for the culture of men who identify sexually as women. By day, they presented themselves as men, but at night they dressed as women and kept a home for their 3rd genderboyfriends. That this was happening in Bangladesh, the world’s fourth most populous Muslim...

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 The Politics of Poverty at the Doha Round

On April 15, the World Trade Organization (WTO) will mark its 20th anniversary. But no one will be in the mood to celebrate. The Doha Development Agenda—the first round of trade negotiations launched under the umbrella of the WTO and the ninth in the history of the multilateral trading system—has been deadlocked since it began in November 2001. Its goal is to encourage international trade by lowering Female workers share food with their c... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Top car brands attracting women

March, being the month holding the Internationals Women’s day, Carmudi, the easiest way to sell or buy your car online, carried out a research to find out what top car brands around the globe are doing today to attract women. Victoria BeckhamAccording to their research, 1 out of 5 women avoid car workshops. This is because it was found that 22% of women were not comfortable with the environment, 28% reported that they were nervous about asking technical questions and 31% said they were confused by the jargon used by the trade....

Can an app really make deadly roads safer?

Coming to rest against a tree at the side of the highway, the car had narrowly avoided catastrophe. Jennifer Farrell’s first instinct as a doctor was to help the motorcyclist. Just moments before, a bus had been crossing paths with the young American medic’s vehicle on the N2 – one of the world’s deadliest highways – when the motorcyclist had overtaken at speed. Running from the wreck towards the injured man, she had already anticipated that he would swiftly get up, grab his motorbike and flee. [caption id="attachment_13882" align="alignleft" width="267"]jrniffer

Canada thinks of Bangladesh a secular Muslim nation

When Canadians think of Bangladesh, they think of garment manufacturing and tragedy. In that vein, many will have seen headlines of the recent disaster where nearly 75 people perished in a ferry accident in the Muslim-majority nation of over 150 million — the most densely populated large country in the world. [caption id="attachment_13859" align="alignleft" width="300"]bangladesh The country remains an ideal partner for Canada to increase its economic base and regional influence, and to help grow a healthy, educated, strong, free and secular Muslim...
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