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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- Umbilical cord can help heal fractures
The umbilical cord, the bulk of which is "Mucoid Connective Tissue" (MCT), can bridge the bone gaps and expedite the therapeutic healing of fractures in human beings, according to latest findings by
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- Clogged drain causes high rate of malaria
More than two lakh people in the industrial township of Modinagar(Ghaziabad) are living with sewer water and air pollution--and a high rate of malaria-- with neither the local city board nor the
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- Increase in AIDS cases in Rajasthan
Experts have expressed concern over the drastic increase in the number of HIV positive cases in Rajasthan during the past three years. Till the end of the previous year, the State had 340 cases
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- Guidelines in battle for organs
In the battle over scarce organs for dying patients, the US government said that the nation's allocation system must send organs to the sickest donor. The Health and Human Services Department plans
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-WHO blames 16 nations for spread of TB
The World Health Organisation drew fire from medical experts Thursday after it blamed 16 developing countries for acting "too slowly" to control tuberculosis, blunting global efforts to slow the
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Skip a heart beat
Scientists have identified a defective gene that can make a young person's heart stop beating for no apparent reason. The heart basically starts quivering instead, unable to pump blood efficiently.
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UK unable to trace 49,000 infected cows
More than 49,000 cattle in Britain at risk of developing mad cow disease are untraceable, according to an official memo reported here on Thursday. The missing cattle is part of the 140,000 animals
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- Tobacco says 'no' to price rise
The tobacco industry has warned the White House that it will oppose a national tobacco settlement measure, under negotiations with a key Senate Republican, to raise the price of cigarettes $1.10 per
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- Research Society demands overhaul of Govt's AIDS control prog
The DAV Research Society for Health has demanded an overhaul of the government's AIDS control programme due to its miserable progress so far. In a statement issued during the AIDS awareness camp,
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- Advertising code for tobacco drafted
Cigrettes have always generated a lot of smoke. This time the Advertising Standards Council of India has drafted a code of advertising for tobacco companies which advises, among other things- a stop