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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- Skin cells to grow human vein
Scientists have grown the first all-human replacement part--a 5-cm vein--and implanted it in dog. The breakthrough is set to transform heart surgery by giving doctors a new source of replacement
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- Quality health care soon at Jaipur
A Letter of Intent was signed here for a working arrangement between the Ohio-based Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre for receiving technology, training and
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-Action plan on traditional medicines sought
Experts from various disciplines of Indian system of medicines (ISM) have emphasised the need for an action plan for the development and maintenance of the traditional system of treatments of the
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International cancer prize for Indian specialist
The cancer specialist, Dr. Prafulla B. Desai, of the Tata Memorial Centre(TMC), Mumbai, has won the $150,000 Mucio Athayde Cancer prize for 1998 awarded by the International Union Against Cancer. Dr.
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- Acolysis tried for first time
A new procedure to dissolve blood clot in the blocked-artery of the heart has been tried for the first time in India. The new procedure called "acolysis" was successfully performed on a 48-year-old
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- Wine raises life expectancy by 30pc? The French scientist who showed the world that wine is good for the heart has a new discovery
two to three glasses of wine a day reduces death rates from all causes by up to 30 per cent."I've always suspected this," said Serge Renaud, whose findings appeared on Wednesday in the journal
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- Dirty teeth cause heart attacks
The bacteria found in plaque can cause blood platelets to clump up - the first stage toward a blood clot that could cause a heart attack or stroke, University of Minnesota researchers
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- Scientists develop new low-cost ultrasound scan for eye diseases
Scientists have developed a unique low-cost instrument to detect various kinds of eye diseases. This would mean a massive saving in foreign exchange. The less expensive and low cost instrument,
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- 36 per cent patients suffer from depression, says study
The patient's complaint may be splitting headache, a bad back or a weak stomach . But the diagnosis in many such cases may well be depression . According to a new cross -sectional study, about 36 per
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- US will ban promotion of American tobacco products abroad
The United States will send directive to all diplomatic posts abroad instructing them not to promote American tobacco products. Until now , the paper said American diplomats and trade officials