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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Los Angeles inner city beset by chronic health problems
Ten years after riots burned through the inner city, Los Angeles is marking the occasion with a cascade of speeches, and to a remarkable degree, the talk is rosy. Community leaders have congratulated
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WHO says genetic research could save millions of lives
Genetic research into new medicines could save millions of lives in the developing world within a few years the World Health organisation said. In an upbeat assessment of the impact of greater
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748 attacked with arsenic related diseases in 2 Satkhira UZs
The number of arsenic patients is increasing alarmingly in Kalaroa and Debhata upazilas of the district in recent times. A total of 748 people are reported to have attacked with arsenic related
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Government to introduce urban health policy
An urban health policy aimed to benefit those living in the six municipal corporations and 102 municipalities limits would be implemented during this year, the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, said on
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Tripura epidemic claims 13
A major outbreak of enteric diseases has claimed 13 lives in Tripura's Gandacherra sub division, but medical help is still way too far in a place where sustained militancy has completely paralysed
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The Baby and the bathwater
Proceeding the strategy change was a realisation that the approached favoured by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFA) - that overall socio-economic development is key to controlling population -
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Slaughter waste being dumped into Champaraka Canal
Last year, it took more than three months for the people for Fort Kochi and Mattachery, Kerala to get rid of the epidemic Cholera, caused from contaminated water. The water had leaked into the
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Packaged water is villain, not mineral counterpart: BIS
With the elaborate set of rules and mandatory procedure of complicated tests laid down by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), one would thing that at least the bottled water in the Capital is safe
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WHO plans to eliminate Elephantiasis
The World Health Organisation is all set to eliminate it with the help of new global partners like Glaxo-SmithKline Pharmaceuticals and MErck and the Bill & Mellinda Gates Foundation. The strategy is
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Bottled water or bottled microbes?
Going by the numbers, the incidence of cholera is on rise in the Capital this year. No wonder when the city is in the grip of a severe water shortage admidst the summer forcing residents to scurry