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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World facing disaster as population booms
People are plundering the planet's resources at an unprecedented and unsustainable rate which needs to be curbed quickly to avoid would wide disaster, the United Nations said. "More people are using
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Baxter's dialysers linked to 51 deaths
A fluid used to make filters to treat kidney dialysis patients may have played a role in the death of at least 51 people in live countries. Baxter said the fluid, a perfluorohydrocarbon, is used in
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Dr. Reddy's lab launches Hyalosyn
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced the launch of Hyalosyn (Sodium Hyaluronate), an intra articular injection that provides relief from knee joint stiffness and immobility in patients suffering from
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11 infants die without oxygen
Eleven infants died in Lucknow's premier King George Medical College (KGMC) over the last three days because of alleged short supply of oxygen in the neonatal ICU ward but the hospital administration
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Refugees face threat of tuberculosis epidemic
Afghanistan and Pakistan face a potential explosion in tuberculosis and other infectious disease as a result of the massive flow of refugees to the border area, according to health officials.
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For India's drunks, doses of shame
Alcoholics and drug addicts are in for bad days ahead in the northestern Indian state of Manipur, where women's vigilante groups have turned to public punishment to humiliate them. Alcoholics are
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160 dengue cases reported
As many as 160 dengue cases including two deaths caused by this dreaded disease have been reported in the Capital so far this year, the Municipal Commissioner, Mr. S.P. Aggarwal, said here today.
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Help on AIDS
Rich countries have been so indifferent to the developing world's AIDS crisis that it is easy to overlook an instance in which they have done the right thing. In a speech Robert Zoellick, the
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Firm's Stem cell rights at risk
The University of Wisconsin's patent licensing foundation is threatening to revoke Geron Corp's exclusive commercial rights related to human embryonic stem cells, a development that could throw the
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Striking a balance on patent rights
For years now, Washington has been the strongest defender of the patent rights of multinational companies, as developing countries have increasingly challenged them-most recently to procure cheaper