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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Scientist fed up of waiting for a patent
A city scientist, who drew international media attention late last year claiming to have discovered an insulin-shot substitute, said he was weary of waiting for a
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- Arsenic hazard in Bihar
A leading Indo-Canadian expert on metal-caused ailments says the extensive arsenic ground water contaminaiton in West Bebgal is the worst crisis of its kind he has ever seen. Dr Bidudhendra Sarkar,
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Death watch
The most recent figures released by the British government on the latest tally of deaths from new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD), the human form of mad cow disease released on April
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Private channels for self-regulation on liquor, tobacco ads
Representatives of private satellite TV channels in India told the government that they favoured self-regulation regarding the airing of liquor and tobacco advertisements. At a meeting which I&B
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Database to check HIV treatment
A confidential database of people being treated for HIV andtheir medical regimes will be set up later this year to address concerns that thousands of HIV patients are not on medication. The database,
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Emily's little experiment
A fourth grade science project by Emily Rosa debunks therapeutic touch but it doesn't explain why it sometimes works. Rosa's target was therapeutic touch whose proponents manipulate patients "energy
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31 test HIV positive in Aligarh
The AIDS scare has hit the Aligarh city as 31 patients has tested HIV positive at the AIDS Surveillance Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College at Aligarh Muslim University. Among these, 27 belong
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Emily's little experiment
A fourth grade science project by Emily Rosa debunks therapeutic touch but it doesn't explain why it sometimes works. Rosa's target was therapeutic touch whose proponents manipulate patients "energy
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Strong anti-tobacco bill vowed
The Clinton administration and members of Congress are vowing to pass strong anti-tobacco legislation even though the tobacco industry walked out of the legislative process and threatened to fight
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Wafers on the brain
Brain tumors are one of the most frighening forms of cancer as they damage the soft sponge, packed inside the skull, that controls our lives. But there is glimmer of hope from a radical new treatment