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
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-Fighting against allopathic failures
The Oriental Treatment cum Training Centre (OTTC),a unit of Red Cross Kathmandu District chapter is known as the pioneer institute of its kind in the country specialising in the oriental method of
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-TB prevention for HIV patients
Scientists in the United States say they have devised a way of preventing TB in HIV patients,and their treatments could reduce outbreaks of the infectious wasting disease in developing
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- 125 in Sumatra die of dengue
An upsurge in dengue fever has killed 125 people in Indonesia's South Sumatra province during the first two months of this year, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported on
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- HIV/AIDS cases on the rise in North Karnataka
Presence of HIV cases is increasing, especially in major cities and northern regions of the State said Dr Chandrasekhar Nayak, Deputy Director of State AIDS
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Locals say HK cholera claims untrue
Residents around Wat Sai Floating Market are dismayed by a recent report that 25 Hong Kong visitors contracted cholera on tours to the market. They say nobody living there has suffered from severe
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- Punjab Minister worried over sex ratio imbalance
Punjab health and Family Welfare Minister Manoranjan Kalia has expressed concern about the growing imbalance in the State's sex ratio. The number of male children vis-a-vis the female children in the
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- World class medicare through telemedicine
Not only the doctor but diagnosis also is now just a call away - telemedication enables ECGs to be transmitted over telephones and opinions taken from doctors abroad. By transmitting data ranging
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- India to ban anti-malaria drug
In a significant move, India has decided to ban the controversial anti-malaria drug, Quinanchrine, which is being misused for female sterilisation by doctors. The drug, already banned by the WHO is
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China will intensify family planning bid
President Jiang Zemin pledged China would intensify its campaign to curb population growth with strict family planning policies and continue efforts to protect the environment. "Family planning and
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- WHO asks for more funds from developing countries
WHO has called for a firm commitment by the developed countries in order to achieve the ambitious goal of universal access to quality and affordable reproductive health services, set at the World