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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Cancer diagnosis through urine sample
Chinese scientists have discovered a method to use urine as a medical specimen for diagnosing malignant tumours. 'Frequent urine checks could ensure detecting malignant tumours as early as possible',
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Senate kills plan for drug benefits through medicare
The U.S. Senate killed legislation to provide prescription drug benefits promised to the elderly by politicians of both parties. But it overwhelmingly passed a bill intended to give all Americans
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Autism relief found in drug, study Shows
A newer drug used to treat adults with schizophrenia also curtails serious behavioral problems in children with autism, a study shows. Other medications used to treat troublesome conduct can have
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AIDS: mathematics to the rescue
It might be possible to stop the AIDS epidemic purely through use of available drug therapies, a mathematical model based on San Francisco predicts. If the model developed by the University of
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Use your PC to repel rats, roaches
A Thai software programmer, whose anti-mosquito programme has proved wildly popular among users, has completed an upgrade enabling the programme to also repel rats and cockroaches, a news report said
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State govt to promote contraception in Aug
The West Bengal health and family welfare department will promote two contraception method in August. People will be encouraged to try non-scalpel vasectomy and intra-uterine devices in a World
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Anti-foeticide protest gains ground
The teaches and students of Delhi University have joined hands to support the demand of ran amendment in the Prenatal (Regulations and Prevention of Misuse) Act (PNDT), 1994. Students and teachers of
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Infant dies after taking polio dose
A 40-day-old baby girl died after she was administered a dose of triple polio on July 6. The infant, Parveen Sayeed, was a resident of Harizandi, Mori Road, Mahim, Mumbai. According to the health
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Health alert sounded, CM visit today
The State Health department today sounded an alert about the possible outbreak of epidemics in the 16 worst flood-hit districts of Assam. Thought the Brahmaputra has been maintaining a receding trend
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Guwahatians hit by plague scare, citizens want filth, drains tackled
Guwahatians, of al things, are hit by a plague scare. They say that unless some short and long-term measures are taken up in right earnest to salvage the city from its present dirt and filth, it