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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Pretoria's stance on Aids drugs concerns companies
South Africa has one of the highest HIV/Aids infection rates in the world with 4.7m people infected. The government's resistance to the use of anti-retroviral drugs within the public sector is
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U.S. launch of cancer drug faces delays
AstraZeneca PLC's experimental cancer drug Iressa appears to buy lung-cancer patients a few extra months could mean that some terminally ill people may not live to see it on the market. Iressa has
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14 cases of malaria detected in Bhoipur
A fresh outbreak of Malaria has been reported in Bhojpur, the eastern hill district (Nepal). Altogether 14 cases of Malaria have been detected in the district hospital within a week, and the number
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Scientists act over Quorn health effects
Complaints about the health effects of the Quorn brand of meat substitutes are to be studied by the government's food standards agency after consumers are said to have complained of vomiting and
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Dhaka to get $40m IDA aid for arsenic mitigation
Bangladesh will receive 40 million US dollars from International Development Agency (IDA), a World Bank Group member, for arsenic mitigation under a public health project to be undertaken from next
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Pre-natal tests: apex court notice to Centre
The Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre on a petition seeking modifications in the Pre-natal Diagnostic Tests Act on the ground that due to excesses committed by the implementing authorities,
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In Bathinda, it's making a beeline for a bottle of gomutra
Nowadays a great rush of people could be seen at Gurukul, the teaching body of the Arya Samajis in Bathinda. They are united in their purpose: All of them want to see Brahmachari Surya Dev and get a
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Lab finds E Coli in civic water supply
Contrary to the claims of civic officials, laboratory reports have confirmed the presence of Eschrichia Coli bacterium in the water supplied by the Municipal corporation in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.
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Gutkha back with a bang
The gutkha sellers and gutkha consumers community of Madhya Pradesh heaved a sigh of relief after intervention of the Apex Court in some of the High Courts rulings of various states imposing a total
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E. coli outbreak claims fifth victim
A fifth person has died of complications stemming from the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria at a private hospital and adjacent nursing home in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, (Japan) local health