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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Early to bed, kids better handle stress
Elementary school children who go to bed by 9 p.m. handle stress in a healthier way than their night-owl classmates and may outperform them on exams or the soccer field, suggests a study. All
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Overweight kids may be at risk for diabetes
Up to one-fourth of seriously overweight youngsters may be on the road to diabetes, a new study finds. Researchers at Yale University tested 55 obese children ages 4-10, and 112 ages 11-18. They
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Breast cancer screening 'really does save lives'
Breast cancer screening does save lives after all, according to a paper in the Lancet which supporters of the NHS programme hailed as an end to two years of heated controversy. Two studies, in
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Trials for India-specific AIDS vaccine by 2003
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAV) - a scientific non-profit organisation working to develop a preventive AIDS vaccine- expects that research for an India-specific AIDS vaccine would go
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A health hazard
The call by National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India (NRCLPI) to establish blood lead screening and treatment facilities at the district level, as also a state level referral centre for
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Pep pills for health centres
The West Bengal state health department has prescribed a shake up for the ailing basic healthcare centres. The basic purpose of the exercise is to ensure that resources are used properly or in other
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Emission leads to evacuation
Forced by the emission of sulphur dioxide from the Hindustan Lever chemicals plant, in Haldia (West Bengal), villagers of Kumarchawk are planning to migrate to other villages soon. The villagers said
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Khasi 'doctor' creates ripples with wonder drugs
John Wessly Kharduit, popularly known as Bah John is no conventional medical doctor. This 47 year old Shillong based Khasi healer has been doing wonders with his exotic herbal drugs. From curing
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'Artificial' skin from fish membrane to treat burns
A new fish derived membrane - claimed to be used as an 'artificial' skin for treating burns and wounds and also having dental applications have been developed by the scientists in Kerala. The Central
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Medicine man
Working from his headquarters in the busy and congested Mumbai Central area, next to the city's thriving red light areas Indian pharmaceutical major Cipla's chairman Dr. Yusuf Hamied is a man with a