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How to deal with Depression in today’s world?

5Sep

By Kino6 Comments

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How to deal with Depression in today’s world?

Depression is a common but serious mood disorder that has negative impact on person’s daily living. It presents with depressed mood, loss of interest, feelings of guilt, low self-esteem, poor concentration and disturbed sleep or appetite. It is a treatable disease however untreated symptoms may lead to severe complications such as significant impairment, health related disorders and in rare cases, suicide. A famous poet named Henry Wadsworth said that: “Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Prevalence rates in past years Depression level increases during the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide June 2020, by age The statistic depicts the percentage of the population who...

Depression: Silent tears behind a happy face

3Sep

By Aqsa Azam2 Comments

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Depression: Silent tears behind a happy face

Depression is spreading rapidly among adults, teens and kids. A regressive behavior leads towards lifetime sadness as well as self destruction. World need a rays of hope to cope this problem. "I wanna die", a 15 year old Arthur said to his therapist. He was a young boy who wanted to play football. Rejected in the trials, is now suffering from severe stress management. Depression is becoming a common problem now a days. A state of unknown sadness and unproductiveness. It is a state of mind that tells you that you are not good enough. Adults or teens or even kids are suffering from this. Therapists claims that lack of opportunities and exposure is causing this. But is it really just a mind set. Why a healthy person starts feeling numb all of a sudden? World now a days needs an emergi...

Why is Delta Variant the Deadliest development of COVID-19?

13Aug

By Kino6 Comments

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Why is Delta Variant the Deadliest development of COVID-19?

Delta Variant is 40-60% more transmissible than Alpha and almost twice as transmissible as the original Wuhan strain of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant is the variant of concern that WHO is tracking and monitoring around the world. All viruses – including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 – evolve over time. When a virus replicates itself, it x=changes its DNA structure in such a way as to alter the physical composition of that DNA gene. These changes are called “Mutations”. A virus with one or more new mutations is called a “Variant” of the original virus. Evolution B.1.617.2 is another name of Delta Variant. This was first identified in India in December 2020 and led to major outbreaks in the country. Now 96 countries have reported Delta Variant cases and delta variant will c...

Arthritis: A common Degenerative Disorder

9Aug

By Kino4 Comments

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Arthritis: A common Degenerative Disorder

Adults aged 65 years or older have high chances of having Arthritis, yet can affect people of all ages including children. Arthritis is inflammation of one or more joints. There are many types of the disease, both inflammatory and non-inflammatory that effect joints and other connective tissues in the body. Arthrosis is limitation of a joint without inflammation. Arthritis is common among adults aged 65 years or older, but it can affect people of all ages including children. In 2017, 50.4 percent of those aged 65 years and older had doctor-diagnosed it in some form in the United States. In 2017, around 25 percent of women had doctor-diagnosed it in some form in United States. There are many types of arthritis that effect joints but the most common types of the disease are rhe...

COVID-19: Pakistan records lowest death rate in 3rd wave

30Jun

By Maru J1 Comment

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COVID-19: Pakistan records lowest death rate in 3rd wave

Since the 3rd wave, The number of deaths are high. This is the first time the country faced 20 fatalities in a day. Country recorded the lowest death rate in recent times. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - The start of 2021 wasn’t a very pleasant start for Pakistan. The country recorded an increasing number of cases with each passing day. Things got worse when the third wave of COVID 19 started to spread throughout Pakistan. During 3rd wave, hospitals and health centers in country started noticing a hike in number of daily cases. Things got a little out of hand for a country when 3rd wave picked up its pace in April. The spread of the third wave of COVID-19 in April proved to be devastating for the country. With thousands of cases being recorded daily, a death toll of around 100 deaths each day...