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• 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

  • 01/01/2029

  • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
  • • Health
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• New drugs offer hopes in battle against cancer

  Earlier this month, women at risk of developing breast cancer received a limited reason for hope: A drug called tamoxifen was found effective at preventing breast cancer, but it is associated with

  • 21/04/1998

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Tobacco chief calls settlement 'dead'

  The head of R. J. Reynolds Co. said that his company would no longer work toward getting US Congress to approve a comprehensive tobacco settlement. He said that his firm stood behind a deal

  • 09/04/1998

  • • Health

• Novartis to pour $250 million into U.S. gene lab

  In the largest commitment yet by a major pharmaceutical company in the field of genomics, Novartis AG of Switzerland said it would invest $250 million in a proprietary research institute to be built

  • 09/04/1998

  • • Health

• Goa leads India's war against killer tobacco

  Almost four centuries after the Portuguese popularised tobacco here, this former colony is leading India's battle against the noxious weed.Leading the charge is Goan surgeon, Dr Sharad Vaidya, chief

  • 15/04/1998

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• More Chinese vow to donate organs after death

  While most Chinese still take the traditional view that the remains of deceased persons should not be dissected, some 600 residents in Nanjing have chosen to donate their organs for medical use after

  • 08/04/1998

  • • Health

• - 8.5 lakh affected by arsenic in water

  Report :About 8.5 lakh people in South 24-parganas are affected by arsenic in water. The areas include Sonarpur, baruipur, Bhangar-1, Mograhat-2 and Rajpur-Sonarpur municipality. This was disclosed

  • 19/04/1998

  • • Health

• - Rs 80 crore set aside for uninterrupted power supply

  The state water investigation and development department has sanctioned Rs 80 crore for uninterrupted power supply in Nasipur, which has been stalked by fluorosis. The "Statesman" had reported on

  • 21/04/1998

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• - Asia bears disproportionate burden of AIDS

  Over 200 scientists, physicians , public health specialists and others from 38 countries, including India, are participating in what the University of California San Francisco terms the first ever

  • 21/04/1998

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Many down with viral fever

  Viral fever is catching on in the Capital due to the changing season. Patients down with high fever and shivering, accompanied by irritating dry cough and pain in throat and chest, have been

  • 20/04/1998

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• HIV-infected blood export

  details sought from Vienna: Stung by the contaminated blood export scandal, the Austrian Government has taken steps to bring to book those responsible for the illegal trade in AIDS infected blood

  • 20/04/1998

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Health