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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West Nile virus claims more lives
The number of U.S. human cases of West Nile Virus is rising, with new cases now reported in Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington DC. While most states are combating the virus with low
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Tetanus claim's 22,000 children's lives last year
The project director, Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), Sindh,(Pakistan) Dr Shamsunnisa Ansari, has said that 22,000 children had died in Pakistan last year due to tetanus and also expressed
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Ranbaxy may gain from US court's Cipro verdict
Hyderbad based Dr Reddy's Laboratories' loss could well be Ranbaxy's gain after a lawsuit challenging German drugmaker Bayer AG's US patent on antibiotic ciprofloxacin till December 2003 was rejected
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Protest in Cambodia
About 300 Cambodians infected with the HIV virus, which causes AIDS, marched on Tuesday in a protest to demand more government help.
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Shiv Sena demands ban on gutka
The state unit of the Shiv Sena demanded that the Delhi Government take immediate steps to ban gutka as had been done in several other states in view of adverse affects that it has on the health of
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E. coli outbreak in Tochigi claims seventh victim
A seventh person has died after being infected with the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria in a food-poisoning outbreak in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, (Japan) according to a local public health
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China's AIDS scandal
Beijing recently approved a version of the anti-AIDS drug AZT for domestic production and use, a sign that the regime is walking up to the extent of the epidemic within its own borders. However it's
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Meningitis threat high during Haj, say doctors
More than one in six people returning form the Haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia become infected with meningococcal bacteria, researchers in Singapore said on Friday. Overcrowded conditions in the
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China clears Domestic AIDS-Drug Output
The Chinese Government approved for the first time production and sale of an AIDS drug by a domestic company, potentially paving the way for cut-rate treatments to address a looming epidemic in
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Light smoking also hazardous
Light or non-inhaling smokers are damaging their health far more seriously than they may think, and women in particular are more at risk than men, a study of Danes has found. "There is an amazingly