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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More benefits from ageless and humble aspirin
Aspirin, it seems, may have more benefits than known to us. A recent research has found evidence that the drug can block the spread of harmful viruses as well. A team of researchers from New Jersy
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Insurers reject clients with treatable diseases
Insurers have rejected applicants found to have congenital diseases during mass screenings of newborns, even though the diseases are treatable, it was revealed. A survey conducted last summer by a
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More support for eating fatty fish
Eating fatty fish like salmon and mackerel, already recommended to lower the risk of death from heart disease, received strong new support from three studies being published. One study showed that
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2 female infanticides reported in Dharmapuri
Three cases of female infanticide were reported in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. In one case the woman gave birth to a female baby on Friday and the couple allegedly killed the
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Task force seeks humane treatment for rabies patients
The Karnataka Task Force on Health has recommended that patients with rabies must be treated in an ethical and humane way and not put away in isolation cells which is a gross violation of human
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Nehru Yuva Kendra to implement AIDS project
When Villagers talk Aids, it's time for the country to sit up and listen. The National AIDS Control Organisation will launch the Villagers Talk AIDS (VTA) programme from April 15. To be implemented
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Sale of tobacco continues despite ban, says minister
Despite the ban on sale of tobacco and its related products, the small traders continue to sell these products, Health Minister S Semmalai admitted. The notification banning the sale of tobacco and
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Tough audit system for state-run health care
A tough new audit and inspection system for the state-run (Britain) National Health Service is planned to reassure the public that extra billions of pounds of investment are being spent wisely.
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Japan builds health centres in Gujarat
Two Japanese built integrated community healthcare centres(CHC) and referral hospital at Anjar and Mundra in Kutch, symbolising solidarity and support of the people and the Government of Japan to the
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Unknown fatal disease gradually spreading
An unknown mysterious disease which is said to be found in countries other than India is now gradually entering borders of India. The disease named 'sarcoedasis' is a mystery for medical world