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
Health
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Malaria cases on the upswing
The failure of the Municipal Corporation Hyderabad in taking up fogging and anti-larval operations after the onset of monsoon has led to a significant increase in the number of malaria cases in the
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Weak states worsen Africa famine threat
A decade of declining development has stoked the region-wide threat of famine across southern Africa, which aid agencies said now threatens more than 14m people. Throughout the region, people are
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Gold producers act on HIV
AngloGold the South African mining company, signed an agreement with five trade unions to help fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic ravaging its 44000 strong workforce in South Africa. The agreement is
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Mandela hits again at president's Aids policy
Nelson Mandela has made his strongest public stand yet against Thabo Mbeki's controversial HIV policies by meeting a seriously ill Aids activist who refuses to save his own life until the president
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Cancer packets
This could well be newly-apointed Union health minister's first test. Is he just acting the role of health minister or will he take his commitments as chief guardian of the nation's well being
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DJB's bottled water plans stalled again
The Delhi Jal Board's (DJB) plan to sell bottled water from August 1 may get delayed. The board is yet to receive a clearance certificate from the Bureaue of Indian Standards (BIS). According to a
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City diabetes hospital chosen for WHO collaboration
India had the highest number of diabetic cases about 24.9 millions and it is likely to increase further, according to WHO. With a view to checking the rise in diabetes and designing a model of health
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Salt Lake lights up to perils of tobacco
The judiciary is belligerent, the West Bengal administration has been threatening to act for the past year and awareness campaigns bombard the media beam. But smoking at public places remains
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Amersham speeds gene analysis
Amersham, the healthcare group, has linked up with a leading cancer research centre to test a microscope that can analyse the human genome in a day. The company, which developed the gene sequences
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Study: Extra pounds increase heart failure risk
Simply being overweight increases a person's risk of heart failure, doctors report in the first major study to probe the progressive relationship between weight gain and heart failure. Putting on a