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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Chandigarh steps to check gastro, malaria
The Director of Health services of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, Rameshwar Chander, claimed that three patients of gastroenteritis are under treatment at the Government Medical College and
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AP takes lead in care for HIV patients
No HIV/AIDS patient can be assured of long life. But every HIV/AIDS patient can have a peaceful living till the last minute provided he/she understands the value of life. This assurance is the basis
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Testosterone use prompts concern among doctors
The federal government halted a major study of hormone replacement therapy in healthy women last month, saying the treatment under study seemed to do more harm than good. Bur while that action
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Smoke screen
The advertising and promotion of tobacco could soon be stubbed out in most countries. The World Health Organisation is negotiating a binding international agreement to introduce restrictions,
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AIDS turns rural China into a land of destitute orphans
Neighbors remember when young Dong Yangnan was a "xiao pangzi" , or little fatty, the kind of husky, moon-checked child that Chinese grandmothers adore. Today at 12, he is orphaned, strick thin and
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Glaxo sues over stolen bacteria
The world's No.2 drug maker GlaxoSmithKline said it was taking legal action in the US against Novartis, claiming the Swiss firm is using a stolen bacteria to make copies of a GSK has also asked the
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Bad air causes sniffles among HK children - survey
Nearly 40 percent of children in Hong Kong suffered from a respiratory disease in recent years which experts have linked to the territory's worsening air pollution, a survey has found. The results,
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Anti-mosquito sprayplanned
Sindh (Pakistan) Chief Secretary K. B. Rind has asked the secretaries of health and local government to ensure concrete measures to help the people against seasonal diseases and insanitation. At a
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Cholera kills over 1,000
Cholera killed at least 1,000 persons in Malawi during the nine months to June this year, a government official said on Friday. Health Ministry official Habib Somanje said the deaths in the
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New population policy on anvil
The Punjab Government will soon prepare a population policy on the pattern followed by Haryana. Mr. Ramesh Chandra Dogra, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Punjab said the formulation of a