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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Approval of new Sepsis drug will put hospitals in quandary
A panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to decide whether to approve Lilly's new drug, Xifris ( rythmes with tigress), is widely considered the most promising treatment in decades for
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Iceland genes key to cure for clinical obesity
Researchers studying Iceland's medical records said they had mapped two genes linked to obesity and clinical anxiety. Reykjavik - based deCODE Genetics Inc and Swiss group Roche Holding, whose
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Probe begins into suspected mad cow case
The national and Chiba prefectural governments on Tuesday began probing the use of animal-based feed at a farm in Shiroi where Japan's first suspected case of mad cow disease has been found,
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Scientists urge bigger supply of stem cells
A panel of scientific experts has concluded that new colonies, or lines, of human embryonic stem cells will be necessary if the science is to fulfill its potential, a finding that is likely to
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'Yellow boy' campaign for Hepatitis awareness
The 'Yellow Boy' campaign, launched by the Glaxo India today, is aimed at educating people and emphasises the need for vaccinating for Hepatitis-A.The campaign will also attempts to clear confusion
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Need to act fast
An apparently mysterious disease has claimed the lives of 24 people in Uttara Kannada in the past two months while two succumbed to cerebral malaria in Dandeli. A persisting fever for over a month
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Govt slow to react to Malaria deaths
The number of "cerebral malaria" deaths in the coastal parts of Orissa has gone up to 119, but the government is taking time to react to the
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Obesity, anxiety genes mapped
Swiss healthcare group Roche Holding AG and Iceland's deCODE Genetics Inc said on Tuesday they had mapped two genes linked to obesity and clinical
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Centre plans to monitor states' health policy work
The Centre would strictly monitor and make serious assessment of health policy implementation by states and "action" would be taken against those having low attainment of health services despite
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India close to ending polio
India will completely rid itself of polio in two years, the Rotary International has said, "Polio eradication is a great challenge, but the challenge will be met," said Mr Deepak Kapur, chairman of