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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- Asia's largest heart hospital to be set up in Calcutta
This city will soon have Asia's largest heart hospital. The project, christened "Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Scineces" will be set up at Mukundapur, on the eastern fringe
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- Drug cocktails cause big drop in AIDS deaths
AIDS deaths in the U.S. are declining sharply as a direct result of powerful drug cocktails first introduced in early 1996, according to a provocative new research report. AIDS activists and
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- Court decision likely to fuel abortion debate
The US Supreme Court let stand a lower court decision that ruled unconstitutional a state's attempt to ban some late term abortions. Though the Court's action did not constitute a formal ruling on
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- Population meet to begin today
" The first parliamentarians' meeting on population and development is being organised here from Saturday by the Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Develpment in collaboration
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'Second-hand smoke causes damage'
Second hand smoke causes blood vessels in animals to constrict abnormally and the effect is seen within minutes, researchers said. A University of California San Francisco study examined 96 rabbits
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- MP to review ban on private medical practice
Chief minister Digvijay Singh on Friday promised to review the ban on private practice by doctors working in government hospitals and medical colleges. The ban was imposed last year. The chief
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- Home diagnosis for patients
British scientists are developing technology that will allow complete medical check-ups to be carried out in the home within five years. Sensors capable of taking more than one million measurements
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Beijing to launch human gene research project
Beijing plans to use its abundant scientific resources to develop a local Human Gene Research Project, according to an official with the Beijing Science and Technology Commission. The commission has
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- Dengue toll rises to 21 in Indonesia
Dengue fever has killed 21 people and infected thousands more in the Indonesian capital Jakarta since the start of this year, sparking fears of an
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U.S. disputes Tokyo's claim on tainted seed imports
The Japanese government has linked a mysterious food poisoning outbreak last year to radish sprout seeds grown in the United States, an allegation that U.S. officials say is reckless and damaging to