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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Creutzfeldt-jacob disease causes a scare in Portugal
The Minister of Health of Portugal Maria de belem, started a bit of a panic when she told a radio station that two patients in Portuguese hospitals had been diagnosed as having the new strain of CJD,
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- Men born in spring taller than those born in autumn
A person's height may be determined by the time of year they are born, according to an Austrian study published on Thursday in the British scientific magazine Nature. According to Gerhard W. Weber
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- Alternative therapy comes to forefront
The rapidity with which modern science and medicine are making advances gives one the hope that someday all ailments would probably find easy cures in the form of pills , injections. But today many
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- Workshop on interventional neurology inaugurated in city
The second workshop on interventional neuroradiology, organised by the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, was inaugurated here on Thursday.This three-day workshop has been convened in order to expose
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- New light on cure for parkinson's disease
Scientists say they have been able to reverse the effects of Parkinson's disease in laboratory rats by transplanting tissue from the rodents' necks into their brains.
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- Sunscreens may not help prevent cancer
A provocative presentation at a science conference on Tuesday questioned the widely held belief that sunscreens lower the risk of deadly melanoma skin cancer, but specialists still caution against
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- EU and US ease friction over meat
European agriculture ministers will be told today that an agreement is close with the US on a "veterinary equivalency" deal aimed at easing EU-US trade friction over meat. A final deal could be
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- Retina detachment in low weight newborns on the rise
Premature babies or those with low birth weight (1600 to 1800 grams or less) run a high risk of retina detachment, the Vitreo Retinal Congress 1998 warned here.
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- Govt may ease ban on herb exports
The government is expected to soften its stand on the export ban initiated for 53 plants and their derivatives to enable ayrvedic drug manufacturers get more than a toe-hold in the international
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- Global cooperation needed to conserve medicinal plants
expert : US National Academy of Sciences Home Secretary Peter Raven today called for international cooperation and collective wisdom for the conservation and multiplication of medicinal plants and