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• 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

  • 01/01/2029

  • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
  • • Health
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• Coconut is bad for health: doctor

  Coconuts in cooking is bad for health. "There is no doubt about it, Coconuts have a very high cholesterol count," claimed noted international cardiologist of the Bangalore based Wockhardt Heart

  • 04/12/2001

  • Herald (Panjim)
  • • Health

• Sinha, Dikshit launch campaign to fight AIDS

  The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Shatrughan Sinha, and the Delhi Chief minister, Sheila Dikshit, launched a year long "AIDS Awareness Programme" initiated by the Young Womens'

  • 13/12/2001

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Have eye infection? Consult a doctor

  Air pollution combined with high humidity has led to a spurt in eye allergies in Delhi. These allergies manifest in the form of redness and take days or even weeks to vanish.

  • 13/12/2001

  • • Health

• West Nile outbreak

  Health Officials expect a similar trend in the country's second major outbreak of West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease that first appeared in 1999 and has killed seven people and infected more

  • 12/12/2001

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Cong women to launch campaign against AIDS

  The Madhya Pradesh state congress Women cell chief Ms Shobha Ojha has said that now the cell would launch aggressive campaign against AIDS, which has assumed serious dimensions in the

  • 08/12/2001

  • Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
  • • Health

• Risks in hormone therapy discussed

  Out of 70 million female population of Pakistan, 12 % viz 8.4 million are above 50 years of age and potential osteoporosis patients. This was stated by health experts while briefing newsmen in

  • 07/12/2001

  • • Health

• Gut hormone could curb urge to overeat

  A study suggests a hormone might prompt people to eat 30% less - even when they're feasting at an all-you-can-eat buffet. This hormone, or drugs designed to act the same way, may help fight the

  • 07/12/2001

  • • Health

• Ozone gas may stop tooth decay

  Dentists are testing a new system using ozone gas which may stop tooth decay. The method uses a probe to deliver ozone gas to the decaying tooth. It kills off bacteria inside the cavity, restoring

  • 08/12/2001

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• 15,612 affected by contagious diseases in K'god

  Around 15,612 people in Kasargod district in Kerala are suffering from contagious diseases, a survey report of the government released. This was disclosed by the health department minister P

  • 03/12/2001

  • • Health

• Official apathy kills over three dozen kids

  Foolhardiness, indolence and plain indifference on the part of authorities are believed to have resulted in the death of more than three dozen children, affected by the 'Measles Encephalitis' in

  • 07/12/2001

  • • Health