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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NY hospital worker dies of anthrax
A hospital worker in New York succumbed to anthrax, first death from the disease not linked to the news media or the postal network. It is not known how Kathy Nguyen, who was 61, contracted the most
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Malaysia opposes HIV testing
The Malaysian AIDS Council opposes a plan by the southern state of Johore to carry out mandatory premarital HIV tests on Muslim couples.The council feared the plan was not scientifically sound,
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Anthrax puzzles
The death from inhalation anthrax of a women who worked at a hospital in New York adds a puzzling new dimension to the anthrax scare. Here was the second case of anthrax in recent days that seemed to
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New HIV vaccine highlights key issue
A new kind of experimental HIV vaccine protected some monkeys from getting sick with AIDS and suggests a potential solution to one of the most vexing dilemmas facing AIDS vaccine makers. But the way
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Bone-growth protein succeeds in Medtronic's clinical study
A genetically engineered bone-growth protein from medical-device maker Medtronic Inc. has proven effective in a clinical study of back surgery, and may avert the need for people to undergo painful
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CPSP working on reproductive health manuals with WB help
The World Bank is assisting the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP), to help develop manuals on the reproductive health, said Prof Dr Sultan Farooqi, the CPSP president.
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Robotic surgery for prostate cancer
The Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital, U.S. routinely performs surgery using a robotic system for treating prostate cancer.With this robotic laparoscopic procedure, the patient;s
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New York anthrax death mystifies officials
A New York hospital worker died yesterday of inhaled anthrax in a mysterious case that has baffled officials tracking the source of the germ warfare agent that has killed four people this month in
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Anti-smoking bill harder than the penal code
The Anti-Tobacco Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha in the Monsoon Session, and likely to be passed by the Lok Sabha in the Winter Session, is more draconian. And there is no opposition to that. Under
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Vital information on cancer-fighting gene
A university of Alberta biochemist has recreated the three-dimensional structure of a critical portion of the BRCAI protein, which if mutated, cases hereditary breast cancer. Using ultra-sensitive