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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DRDO device for mountain sickness
The Defense Research Development Organization has developed a high designed as a portable first-aid device that provides emergency treatment for varying degrees of acute mountain sickness. According
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Now, herbal clothes!
In a year or two, herbal clothes might well become a fashionable prescription for the health conscious, that is if Mr. Mudapathi Balakrishana, a garment exporter from Kannur, in north Kerala,
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US move to cut funds to UNFPA hits RH care in Nepal
Health experts in Nepal have expressed deep concern over the the United States government's recent decision not to grant US $ 34 million to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for the year
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Integrated health scheme launched
The Nepal government has launched an Integrated Paediatrics Management Programme with the objective of providing treatment facilities for diseases like pneumonia, gastro-enteritis, measles and
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Stem cell implants could save limbs
Injecting patients' own stem cells into their leg muscles could create new blood vessels, eliminating pain from bad circulation and helping to prevent gangrene or the amputation of feet or legs, new
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Polio mop-up rounds in 27 more districts
The Minister for Medical, Health and Family Welfare, Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh, said that pulse polio mop-up round would be launched in 27 selected districts of Uttar Pradesh between August 5 and
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Best for the baby
The first totally literate State in the country has added another feather to its cap. Kerala has been declared the first baby-friendly state in the world under the WHO-UNICEF sponsored Baby Friendly
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Apollo beams
India's telemedicine dream came true early this year when Apollo Hospitals roped in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to provide satellite links to its branches. Thanks to the facility
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ICMR grants Rs 7 crore for Himachal Pradesh
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has sanctioned a sum of Rs 7 crore for the development of cancer control infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh state, said Health minister J.P. Nadda while
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303 cases of cancer in one year
A total of 303 cases of cancer were reported in the Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala, Punjab during the year 2001. Stating this Dr. Manjit S. Bal, Professor and Head of the Department of