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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Global hospitals to focus on organ transplants
Even though post-transplant survival rate in India is abysmally low when compared to that in the US, Global Hospitals has taken up the challenge to specialise in organ transplants by setting up
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'Beer reduces risk of cancer, strokes'
Drinking beer could reduce the risk of cancer, strokes and heart disease, Germany's brewers' federation said on Monday, hoping to inspire the country's youth to head for the beer garden rather than
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New device to cure all ailments in launched
An apparently miraculous medical device called the Quantterra Quantum Therapy Device has been recently launched by Quantterra, a Russian health care company. The device removes not only the symptoms
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Breast feeding makes brainier adult
The longer an infant is breast fed the higher they are likely to score on intelligence tests as adults, according to a Danish
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Global meet of policy makers on AIDS
With no end in sight for the HIV/AIDS pandemic, an international conference of policy makers is being convened in New Delhi tomorrow to mobilise political commitment at the highest levels on various
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Bill to ban smoking in public places passed
A bill to ban smoking and spitting in public service vehicles was passed in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Friday. According to the Bill, anyone who smokes or spits in public places or vehicles or anyone
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Bangaloreans develop stomach to fight Gastroenteritis, courtesy BATF
Gastroenteritis, which played havoc in the Bangalore city last summer, seems to have been tamed this time. Reason: Awareness programmes at all possible pockets of contamination, especially by the
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2,000 down with dysentery
More than 2,000 persons, mostly children, suffering from dysentery have been admitted to various government and private hospitals in the Hamirpur
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Angst in rural America
Rural residents in America, largely because of transportation barriers and fewer healthcare providers, seek care less often and later in the course of an illness an approach which is often disastrous
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DRL completes phase-I clinical trails of anti-cancer compound
Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) has completed phase-I clinical trials on its anti-cancer compound DRF-1042. The phase I trails data of DRF-1042 will be presented at the annual meeting of the American