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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Fewer children now die in slums of Calcutta
A survey covering slum dwellers in Calcutta has shown lesser incidence of infant and maternal mortality and morbidity and decline in cases of communicable diseases and malnutrition in the last five
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New defeat for tobacco advertising
An industry fight against a European Union ban on tobacco advertising was dealt a potentially mortal blow when an influential group of European parlimentarians rejected attempts to toughen the
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Guatemala may take tobacco action in US
Guatemala is exploring legal action against two tobacco companies to recover health care costs associated with smoking in what is believed to be first such move by a sovereign
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Pig parts for people
A medical breakthrough in Australia means that pigs' hearts could soon be beating inside human breasts. Researchers in Melbourne have found a way round the knotty problem of organ rejection that has
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Experts disagree over drug-resistant leprosy
A major controversy appears to be brewing between scientists and clinicians over the issue of the emerging drug-resistant leprosy. The Bombay Leprosy Project, a non-government organisation,
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'Mad cow' kills vegetarian
A woman who became a vegetarian 12 years ago has died of the human form of "mad cow" disease. Doctors diagnosed Clare Tomkins, 25, with the new strain of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in
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Dengue kills 422 in Jakarta
The death toll from an outbreak of dengue fever in at least 11 Indonesian provinces this year has risen to 422, a newspaper reported on
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Diabetics may be freed from insulin injection
Diabetic patients may no longer have to depend on insulin injections, say two scientists at the Allahabad University biochemistry department. They claim to have discovered a chemical which acts like
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UN warns of AIDS virus 'explosion' in East Europe
Parts of Eastern Europe and Russia are on the verge of a "true epidemic" of HIV infection, according to the director of the largest international AIDS organisation. The disease in that region is
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Two Indian firms imported tainted blood
Two Indian companies were among those who imported blood products from an Austrian firm now accused of trading internationally in tainted blood sources, a Health Ministry official in Vienna