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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Proper drug storage can save 70pc of health budget: Kasi
About 70 per cent of the allocated budget for the health sector can be saved and health services and facilities extended to majority of the people if facilities for storing medicines are improved.
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2087 tubewels' water polluted by arsenicosis in Pabna
Some 2087 tubewells in one of the unions of the district were marked red prohibiting use of their water for high level of arsenicosis. A recent survey conducted by UNICEF, Dhaka Community Hospital
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Haryana to focus on better health services
The Haryana government will spend Rs 407 crores on providing improved health services during the current financial year, according to the Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala. Mr. Chautala was
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ISM submits Rs 320-crore project to Health Ministry
The Directorate of Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM), Kozhikode, Kerala, has submitted a Rs 320 crore project to the Union Health ministry with the aim of reinvigorating the indigenous systems of
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'Misuse of ultrasound banned'
The premise that the anti-female foeticide law debars pregnant women form availing any ultrasound facilities is not correct, the Union Health Ministry will state in its reply to the Supreme Court's
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Arunachal move to fight mysterious fever
The Arunachal Pradesh State Government has opened an emergency medical camp at Ngopok village in East Siang district for treating patients complaining of mysterious fever which reportedly claimed
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Gutkha users find 'mobile' shops
Perhaps it is difficult, but getting their hands on a packet of gutkha is certainly not an impossible task for thousands of gutkha addicts in the state. The Government of Maharashtra may have
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Mobiles are safe, just ask 1600 mice
Radiation from mobile phones does not increase the likelihood of cancer, according to the largest and most rigorous animal study undertaken into the controversial question. The study exposed 1600
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Post cholera, skin diseases attack kids
The groundwater obtained through handpumps in Shaheed Udham Singh Colony is causing skin diseases among children. At least nine children have been identified with skin allergies caused due to the use
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Effect of smallpox vaccine may be longer, study says
Scientists at the University of North Carolina have reported additional evidence suggesting that immunity conferred by smallpox vaccine may last longer than had been thought, at least for some