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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South Asians more prone to heart diseases
An NRI doctor in London has embarked on a project to study the predisposition of South Asians, Indians in particular, to heart disease. He noticed a disturbing trend. South Asians received coronary
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NPIL-DRL spat over anti-cancer drug relapses
The spat between Nicholas Piramal India Ltd (NPIL) and Dr Reddy's Laboratories over the latter's indigenous anti-cancer biotech drug G-CSF (grastim) has taken a new twist, with NPIL asking the health
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Mosquito menance
Official negligence is largely responsible for the spread of malaria in the North-east, particularly Assam and Maniput. Hundreds have died since the detection of cerebral malaria cases in early
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AIDS kills six in Goa
Six persons died of AIDS till June 2002 in Goa as against 15 deaths in 2001 in the state, Health Minister Suresh Amonkar informed the legislate assembly. Amonkar said the number of cases of HIV
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Gujarat textbooks teach ways of sex-determination
Even as the Central Government seeks to strengthen the anti-female foeticide law, school textbooks in Gujarat brazenly teach methods of predetermination of sex of the foetus. The Biology textbook for
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Karnataka bans smoking in public
The Karnataka Assembly has passed the Karnataka Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Health of Non-smokers Bill 2001. The bill bans smoking in public places notified by the State Government. The
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Health services to be strengthened
A target was fixed to get functional five district hospitals, 10 community health centres in Uttar Pradesh after completing the ongoing construction work in the current financial year. An amount of
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Check lifestyle diseases : Walia
Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia stressed the need for preventing lifestyle disease among people by increasing awareness about them. Inaugurating 'The Apollo Clinic' established by the Apollo Health
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Students to campaign against diseases
Seeking to create community mobilisation, the Delhi Government Health Department has sought the help of school students once again to spread awareness about deadly diseases like malaria, diarrhoea,
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Doctors demand a gutka free Delhi
The city doctors have begun at the beginning. Close on heels of the State initiated bans in various parts of the country, Delhi doctors have initiated their demand for a gutka free state. And as a