First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
Health
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Cloned brain cells may help cure Parkinsonism
Researchrs have said they had created a possible new source for treating Parkinson's patients - the brain cells of cloned cattle. Brain cells from cattle fetuses were genetically engineered, then
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Rwanda hit by cholera
A cholera epidemic has hit southwestern Rwanda where 219 cases have been recorded since
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- Draft national blood policy finalised
A draft national blood policy finalised by the National Blood Transfusion Council has been submitted to the government for approval. The policy measures finalised last week by the council headed by
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Research bears fruit
Scientists at the US National Institutes of Health this week said 10 volunteers had been successfully immunised against E.Coli bacteria by eating raw potatoes. The experiment was the first human
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Jaundice kills 14 in Mumbai, officials await 'proof'
Jaundice seems to be sweeping the suburbs of Dombivli, Kalyan, Ulhasnagar and Ambernath in the city. Over the past eight days, 14 people have died of the illness, and although private practitioners
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Jaundice kills 19 in Thane district
Jaundice has claimed 19 lives in Dombivali-Kalyan townships in Thane district of Maharashtra in the last two
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'56% children in state underweight'
Nearly 56.8 per cent children - below the age of four - are underweight and 70 per cent pregnant women anaemic in West Bengal, according to the Unicef' State of the World's Children's Report for
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Anti leprosy drive in Rajasthan
The District Leprosy Prevention Committee has chalked out an ambitious plan of action for removing the scourage of leprosy in Jaipur district by the turn of the century. While a special survey has
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UN to help Lanka detect cancer among women
The United Nations Population Fund is formulating a novel "early warning" system to detect cancer among women in Sri Lanka and link it up with government-run women's clinics across the island. The
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Ayurveda helps to cure blood cancer
An ayurvedic treatment for patients suffering from a type of blood cancer has shown promising results during trials conducted by the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha under the