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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WB project on cataract to be extended to all States
The coverage of the World Bank funded cataract blindness control project is likely to be extended to all the States. This follows a review of the project by a World Bank
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Centre begins work on Millennium census
The Centre has begun preparations for the Millennium Census, one of the largest administrative operations ever undertaken by any government of the world. A work force of two million enumerators
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'Live Beyond Death' campaign launched
An organ donation campaign has been launched in Coimbatore, inspired by a rare gesture from the parents of an 18 year old boy from Kerala. A gesture that led to the first multiple organ transplant
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Acupuncture can cure hepatitis
Acupuncture, the 5,000 years old medical practice can treat difficult incurable infections like hepatitis, a recent case has showed, according to Dr R K Tuli of the Delhi's Apollo Hosptial after he
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Cosmetic sindoors are not all that safe
Sindoor contains harmful lead oxide and bindis contain mercury sulphide - both of which are highly toxic compounds, Mumbai based Consumer Guidance Society of India said in a report. These two
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- 'Leprosy becoming drug resistant'
At a time when the Maharashtra government and the WHO boast of how close they are to eradicating leprosy by the year 2000, a recent house-to-house survey conducted by the state has shown a sharp
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- Dr B C Roy award given
The head of the Cardio-Thoracic Centre at the All India Institute of Medical Science, Professor P Venugopal, has been selected for the prestigious Dr B C Roy National Award in the category of eminent
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Japan gets whiff of tobacco lawsuits
Among rich countries, Japan is smoker's paradise. More than half of males smoke, vending machines are plentiful indoors and outdoors, and no-smoking areas are a relatively new concept. But it soon is
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2.5 million suffer from malnutrition in N. districts
The number of children exposed to malnutrition is alarmingly increasing in Pabna district. This is mainly due to lack of proper food and necessary treatment for the children and their mothers, said
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Lobotomy cases rock Sweden
A total of 4,500 Swedes who were forcibly lobotomized between 1944 and 1963 plan to seek state compensation after a television documentary alleged that children as young as seven underwent brain