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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- BARC develops 'plaque' to treat eye tumours
The Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Bombay in association with the Sankara Netralaya here, has developed the prototype of a radio-active "plaque" to be used for treating tumours of the eye.The small
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- 'Healthy' Goans afflicted by ailing hospitals
Goa has the best health indices in the country. But oddly, hospitals in this state are ailing and patients visiting state-run hospitals have harrowing experience. Hundreds of patients are forced to
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- Ban on salt 'infringes' rights
The Centre's decision to ban non-iodised salt while making mandatory the sale of iodised salt tantamounts to a violation of the fundamental rights, experts have said.
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- Vijayawada cancer prone
Chances of the occurrences of cancer is high in Vijayawada if the positive and negative effects of the earth's radiation are not eliminated, according to the chairman of the Institute of Engineers
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- Tasty snacks for school children
By January next week, school children in India should be able to get a nutritious, tasty but affordable snacks such as 'chikies' or candies, according to Dr Manju Sharma. The nutritious packet has
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- Oral cancer on the rise in Kaira
"Kaira one of the most progressive and prosperous districts and the main producer of tobacco in Gujarat and, thus rightly called the 'zone of golden leaves' is now gradually being known as the 'zone
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- Congress asked to clear smoking law
President Bill Clinton launched a campaign on Saturday to pressure Congress to move quickly to approve tobacco legislation intended to end "the epidemic" of teen smoking. Noting that there were less
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- Hong Kong incident
When a mysterious flu virus struck last year, medical detectives from around the world sprang into acton. They fear the worst is yet to come : a
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- Mad cow inquiry starts in England
An appeals court judge opened a formal inquiry into the UK government's handling of mad cow disease and said he couldn't meet his deadline of reporting at the end of the year. Justice Nicholas
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- 7686 HIV cases detected in north coastal districts
As many as 7,686 HIV positive cases were identified in north coastal Andhra districts. Among a total of 16,760 blood samples, 1206 were identified as elisa positives and also western blot