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• 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

  • 01/01/2029

  • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
  • • Health
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• South Africans try to combat Aids with faith but little hope

  South Africa has the highest number of HIV-positive people in the world. About 4.7m people out of a population of 40m are

  • 01/12/2001

  • Financial Times (London)
  • • Health

• European companies asked to help with healthcare

  Continental European healthcare providers are being asked by the UK government to set up and staff units in the UK to treat National Health Service

  • 03/12/2001

  • Financial Times (London)
  • • Health

• Nigeria defends Indian AIDS drugs

  The Nigerian government rose in defence of cheap generic AIDS drugs imported from India, saying that they had the same quality as the branded ones.

  • 02/12/2001

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• 600 infected by AIDS every hour: WHO

  Every hour almost 600 persons are getting infected by the deadly HIV virus and more than 60 children are dying because of the disease in the world, according to the latest figures released by the WHO

  • 02/12/2001

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• TN hooch tragedy : Methanol is the villain

  The tragedy that struck Cuddalore district in which 53 people died after consuming methanol in Panruti taluk is said to be the highest in hooch-related tragedies in Tamil Nadu in the last 10 years.

  • 02/12/2001

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• New drug development cost rises by 247% : Study

  The average cost of developing new prescription medicine has jumped by 247.18 per cent to $802 million this year, against the $231 million a decade ago, a study has shown. The study was conducted by

  • 03/12/2001

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• It takes just one person to infect a village

  One person can infect an entire village when it comes to infections like Hepatitis B. Or so a team from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) found, when it discovered Badhgaon, 20

  • 03/12/2001

  • • Health

• Delhiites bleary-eyed with sleep disorders

  With Delhi rapidly making strides into to the 21st century, the megapolis is witnessing increasing number of new disorders among its residents. The latest being sleep disorder. And there is a

  • 03/12/2001

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Bayer to cut Ranbaxy payment to $40 m

  Germany's Bayer AG will cut the milestone payments it has agreed to give India's Ranbaxy Laboratories for a once-a-day form of the anti anthrax drug Cipro to about $40 million from $55 million a

  • 06/12/2001

  • Economic Times (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Over 70000 children suffer from malnutrition

  Over 70000 children of some district are suffering from malnutrition even as the Madhya Pradesh government makes tall claims of protecting interest of the rural populace.

  • 05/12/2001

  • Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
  • • Health