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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APCRI moots steps for rabies-free Bangalore
The Association for Prevention and Control of Rabies in India (APCRI) has urged the Bangalore Mahanagare Palike to work towards the goal of 'rabies-free Bangalore by 2010' by adopting professional
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Encephalitis claims 16 lives in Sivasagar
Suspected Japanese encephalitis has threatened to assume epidemic form in Sivasagar district of Assam with as many as 16 deaths reported so far in the month of July. Patsala Geleki and the bordering
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Diarrhoea, cholera under control now
Four cases of diarrhoea came at the General hospital, Sector 16 while no case was reported from any of the two other hospitals, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32 and PGI, Chandigarh.
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Cauvery bathers vulnerable to eye disease
A study by a Chennai city hospital has revealed the prevalence of a new variety of eye disease, along the course of the Cauvery, especially in the delta districts. Hitherto, the inflammation or
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Red alert in Nagaland over viral fever
Taking serious note of he recent spurt in viral fever in some parts of Nagaland including Capital, Kohima, the State medical department has sounded red alert all over the state. The department has
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8 per cent figures of births and deaths missing
About eight per cent figures of birth and deaths registration have been missing in the Punjab state owing to apathetic attitude of the public and the concerned authorities. In order to rectify the
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Supply of cancer drug resumed
Cancer patients can finally have access to controversial drug, Thalidomide, with its German manufacture restoring free supply. The supply had been stopped following the pharmaceutical company's
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Kal-azar detected in Makwanpur
Kal-azar virus have been detected in blood collected from local people of Handikhola Village Development Committee (VDC) Makwanput district, (Nepal) according to Makwanput District Public Health
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Smuggling of Yarsagumba on rise in Darchula
Yarsagumba, an important medicinal herb in the northern belt of Darchula district (Nepal) is being smuggled to foreign countries each year resulting millions of revenue loss to the country. The
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Sloppy research undermines herbal AIDS remedy
In 1997, researchers at eh Enwei Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine started testing a capsule they had developed to slow the mixture of extracts from 14 herbs that have been used for centuried