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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- Improvements in cancer detection
Deadly cancers can now be detected before it is too late, thanks to new techniques that are not only faster and more effective but less painful. Just a few cells sucked out from the affected tissue
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- Assam Health Establishment Act to be amended
The Government of Assam has initiated steps to amend the Assam Health Establishment Act, 1993, in order to incorporate specific penal provisions to take action against the nursing homes responsible
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- Death of Puri AIDS patient sparks panic
The death of an AIDS patient sparks panic : The death of an AIDS patient, Kuber Pradhan, at Gop in Puri district about two weeks ago has led to fears the diease may have affected others in the
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- Counting the troops in the HIV fight
Dr. Marc K. Hellerstein, associate professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has a method for precisely measuring cell creation. He replaces a hydrogen atom on glucose molecules with the
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- Survey finds Chinese families smaller
As China's population continues to grow slowly, Chinese family size is shrinking rapidly. A survey conducted by the Beijing based China Mainland Marketing Research Co suggested that in early 1997,
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Random interviews under way to ensure accuracy of census
A high-level team of the Population Census Organization, Islamabad, paid surprise visits to Central, East and South districts and conducted random interviews of different families through the "Field
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Evidence points to new strain
A new strain of adenovirus is suspected to have caused the death of 31 children in Sarawak last year. It was identified using classical virological methods by a team from the Institute of Health and
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- Your money or your life
In the space of a few years, the HMO has revolutionised America's health care system. In many ways, the new regime is a great success. The trouble is patients seem to hate it : a
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- A genetic fondness for nicotine
Smokers who cannot quit may have a gene that makes them enjoy the nicotine in tobacco too much, researchers at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have
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- More medicines, please
UN officials say that Iraqi children are dying as a result of poor health care, nutrition and sanitation. The UN's children agency believes a third of all children under five are chronically