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
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Tighter dioxin limits sought
The European Commission proposed to tighten limits on dioxins in food and animal feed. The measures form part of the Commission's efforts to improve food safety following health scares.
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Hospitals are sick, says study
A survey carried out on people treated at 50 government hospitals and primary health centres in Bengal has revealed a sordid state of affairs, with glaring deficiencies in diagnostic services,
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Testing banned drug on cancer patients: Kerala orders probe
The prestigious Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) in Thiruvananthapuram is in the thick of a controversy after allegations that 25 patients were exposed to toxicity when they were subjected to trials of a
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Wrong smoke signals
While the objective of the new bill on cigarettes and other tobacco products, now before a parliamentary standing committee, is laudable as it aims to discourage consumption of these health-damaging
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Women told hormone use may increase risk to heart
Healthy women should not take hormones after menopause to prevent heart disease, and those who already have heart disease should not start on hormones, according to new American Heart Association
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Study links pesticides to male infertility
French and Argentine researchers produced new evidence today showing that exposure to pesticides and solvents could be contributing to falling sperm counts and rising levels of male infertility. In a
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Stem cells hint at promise for inborn brain diseases
In further testimony to the medical promise of stem cells, biologists have found that human neural stem cells can become incorporated in a fetal monkey's brain and share in its development,
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Folic acid raises odds of having twins
Women taking folic acid during pregnancy to prevent spina bifida and other birth defects could be increasing theirs odds of having twins, say researchers at the Tornblad Institute in Lund, Sweden,
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A 'magic bullet'
A genetically engineered drug shows great early promise in tracking down and killing a rare form of leukaemia, raising doctors' hopes in the long quest for a magic bullet against cancer. Eleven of
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Philip Morris apologises for report
Tobacco giant Philip Morris Cos, has apologised for a company-funded study that stated the early deaths of smokers was one of the 'positive effects' of cigarette consumption. "We understand that