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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Police asked to enforce smoking ban
The Delhi government has sought the help of Delhi Police to enforce its anti-smoking law. The request came in the wake of complaints voiced by Government personnel about beligerent smokers who cocked
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Neurologists challenges brain disease
The Institute of Neurological Science, one of the eminent medical insitutes of Guwahati has exhibited unprecedented success in the field of medical treatment with the successful operations of risky
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UNFPA assistance to Bangladesh okayed
The country programmes of assistance to Bangladesh by UN Population Fund (UNFPA) was approved unanimously by the UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board's second regular session of 1998 at the UN headquaters. The
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Tk 80 cr ADB grant for medical purchase likely to be cancelled
When the medical colleges and hospitals in Bangladesh were in dire need of medical equipment, a foreign grant of more than Taka 80 crore to purchase the emergency medical equipment is likely to be
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60 pc children under-6 suffer from malnutrition
Nutritionists and health experts said that the rate of malnutrition among child-bearing women and under-six population in Bangladesh was top in the world nutritional status. This was stated by
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Gap faults FDA drug standards
The Food and Drug Administration has taken steps to ensure that imported medicines are safe, but significant problems remain with how the agency protects U.S. consumers from low quality drugs from
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New hope for soft tissue cancer patients
Nuclear medicine, a comparatively young branch of medical science, is bringing new hope for patients suffering from soft tissue cancers and those requiring by-pass surgery of the heart, according to
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Common cold can be cured
No one can say for sure how many days it takes for a common cold take to cure. But, scientists of Biomoleculer Engineering and Curnin School of Medicine, Melbourne, claim that a permanent cure of flu
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Pondicherry govt pulled up for using banned drug
The Comptroller and audit general report on Pondicherry has blamed the union territory administration for using a drug, sulphaguanidine, defying a ban imposed on its use by the government of India in
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- 50% children malnourished in Assam
In Assam 50.4% per cent of the children are malnourished with 17 per cent suffering from severe malnutrition, UNICEF state representative, Dorothy Rozga said, while launching of UNICEF's 'The State