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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- 'Monkey's disease '
As many as 121 suspected cases of "Monkey's disease", which claimed 29 lives from 1991 to 1996 in Karnataka, has been detected in the state between November 1997, and March 1998, a top official of
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- More donor support needed for polio eradication
WHO : The WHO has estimated that the donor support for the polio eradication programme in the South East Asia region needs to be increased by 15 per cent this year and 25 per cent next year to meet
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- DMA will hold free camps
The Delhi Medical Association will be holding 25 free anti-natal check-up camps for pregnant women at its different branches in the Capital on April 7, on the occasion of World Health Day. The theme
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- Deadly flu goes Down Under
A deadly flu epidemic which may hit Australia in July could kill up to 2,700 people, Health Minister Michael Wooldridge said on
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- Gastroenteritis hits B'lore
Gastroenteritis has struck the City in a big way with the Isolation Hospital alone recording over 1,000 cases in the last three months out of which seven persons have
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Meet on total knee replacement
The Orthopaedic Research Society, Department of Orthopaedics at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, is organising an international conference and workshop on total knee replacement, on April
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Radish-sprout growers irked by government tests
Government officials trying to solve the mystery of what caused two O-157 E.coli bacteria food-poisoning outbreaks are again making radish sprouts their prime suspect. Growers of the Japanese staple
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- Austrian company may have exported tainted blood to India
A defunct company may have exported tainted blood to Asian countries including India from 1992 to 1996, the Austria Press Agency reported on Wednesday. APA, quoting police officials in Linz, 160 km
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Gastroenteritis spreads in Assam
At least 106 persons have been affected by gastroenteritis in Golaghat district of upper Assam with two of them succumbing to the disease since the beginning of April, joint director of health
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Scientist waits for patent
A city scientist, who drew international media attention in late 1997 claiming to have discovered an insulin-shot substitute, said he was weary of waiting for a patent."More than six moths after