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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- Signal for a silent world
A report in the Lancet notes that though about 4% of people under the age of 45 suffer from genetic deafness, most of the cases are sporadic-patients who have no family history of hearing problems.
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- Anti-mosquito drive to be intensified
A meeting of Municipal councillors, representatives of voluntary organisations, educational institutions, religious movements, public servants and social workers, held here has decided to intensify
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- New method of vasectomy developed
A new method of vasectomy known as Virm No-Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) will be used in sterilisation camps organised by the Bangalore Mahanagara Palika (BMP) and India Population Project VIII(IPP VIII).
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- Life sentence for those who spread AIDS in UK
People who deliberately transmit the HIV virus that causes AIDS could face life imprisonment in Britain if Parliament adopts proposed changes to a 19-th century law made public on
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- Filter system speeds up stem cell recovery
Asahi Medical Co. and the University of Tokyo's Institute of Medical Science have developed a filter system for the fast recovery of hematopoietic stem cells from umbilical cord blood. Hematopoietic
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- Remedy worse than the disease?
The shortage of life saving blood has become a permanent problem, owing to the ill-eqipped blood banks and the general ignorance among the volunteers donors. Compounding the situation is a recent
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- Down but not out
Hong Kong has won an early victory in its battle against the lethal bird flu. But experts warn that the virus could still spark a global epidemic : a
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- Hormone may drive males to infidelity
Scientists have found out what may drive a normally monogamous male to chase any available female and neglect his family: the sex hormone testosterone. When male dark-eyed junco birds were given an
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- Hoechst Marion Roussel launches drug for epilepsy
HOECHST Marion Roussel Ltd has introduced 'Frisium' (clobazam) in India, which is suitable for use as an adjuvant (add-on-drug) to treat all types of epilepsy. It is a drug, particularly effective in
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Trehan for setting up neutral medical panel to help investigating agencies
Eminent heart surgeon and executive director of the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (EHIRC), Dr. Naresh Trehan, has advocated the setting up of an independent panel of doctors for