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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Sale of pan masala, gutkha continues
Despite the order of the High Court banning the manufacture and sale of 'gutkha' and 'pan masala' in the state of Uttar Pradesh, the sale of gutkha and pan masala is going on in Allahabad, alleged
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Government studying ban on 'gutkha' : CM
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh on Monday informed the Vidhan Sabha that the government was studying the recent ban imposed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court on the sale and manufacture
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Tackle malnutrition of mothers
According to World Bank publication between 50 and 90 per cent of the pregnant women in India suffer from anaemia. Would the advocates of breastfeeding, address the real issue of women's poor health
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More kilos, greater heart failure
Here's yet another reason to keep that kilo count low; overweight people are much more likely to develop heart failure, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine. For obese women,
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Pets for health
Children from pet-owing families have stronger immune systems and take fewer days sick off school, researchers have found. The benefits of pet ownership were seen most for children aged five to
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Funds slash affects health sector, claims Chief Minister
The Sri Lankan Government's financial allocation for the North Central Provincial health sector has been reduced by 75%, adversely affecting development activities in that sphere, NCP Chief Minister
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Proposed drug policy termed anti-people
The Network for Consumers Protection (NCP), Islamabad, has expressed concern over the government move to deregulate the pharmaceutical sector and termed it a conspiracy against the people. It said
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Hundreds throng to Merchelek to drink yak blood
Devendra Bahadur K.C. chairman of now defunct Bhagawati Village Development Committee in remote Myagdi district in west Nepal, walked for three days just to have yak blood. But K.C. is not the only
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Humming your way out of sinusitis
According to Swedish scientists, humming may help increase sinus ventilation dramatically, raising the prospect that daily periods of humming could be helpful to prevent sinusitis in certain
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Laser not for Indian eyes
Want to get rid of those unwanted glasses with laser surgery? You better make sure you are up to it. Scientists at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - who are getting patients with