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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Microbes found in city water
Five out of 72 samples of mineral of packaged drinking water, lifted by the Prevention of Food Adulteration department of the Delhi government from different parts of the city over the past three
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Rally for promotion of Vitamin 'A'
A procession was taken out in Siddharthanagar town in Butwal on Thursday with the objective of raising public awareness about the national vitamin 'A' programme and the prevention of diseases caused
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Smoking ban hits home
A co-op board on the West Side of Manhattan has forbidden new buyers to smoke in their apartments, a restriction that real estate experts called the first of its its kind in the nation. The board of
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Device ' lifts' burden off nurses
A new device developed by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, will definitely come as a sigh of relief for nurses, who often complaint of back pain while lifting or
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We can beat AIDS, TB and Malaria UN agencies say
A new joint report by UNAIDS, UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO) released says that with the right intervention at the right time AIDS, TB and Malaria can be prevented and treated.
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The global AIDS fund
Last June, at a summit organized by the United Nations, the world signaled a new determination to fight the AIDS epidemic. Last week brought the first fruits of that commitment. The new Global Fund
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Fried carcinogens
The Swedish government caused consternation in food circles last week by announcing that many cooked foods that are staples of Western diets contain a probable carcinogen at levels that no one
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Australia healthcare threat as insurer collapses
Australia was on the brink of a healthcare crisis last night after the collapse of its biggest medical indemnity insurer. United Medical Protection which insures more than half Australia's doctors,
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Dearth of new drugs worries pharma sector
If there is one industry that should benefit from the 'demographic time-bomb', it is healthcare. Consumption of medicines begins in earnest when people reach their 50s, so ageing populations should
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Racial disparity is found in AIDS clinical studies
Although blacks and members of other ethnic minorities make up a growing percentage of Americans infected with the virus that causes AIDS, they are seriously underrepresented in clinical trials