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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3 West Nile virus cases are tied to transplants
Three of the four recipients of organs from a single donor who had West Bile virus also developed West Bile encephalitis, strengthening the possibility that the virus can be transmitted through organ
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U.S. steps up air attack on Colombia coca crop
With the full support of the Colombian president, the United States has begun what American officials say will be the biggest and most aggressive effort yet to wipe out coca growing.A round of aerial
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Kalam opens Care telemedicine project in Bhopal
President APJ Abdul Kalam inaugurated 'Care' telemedicine project between Bhopal memorial hospital and research centre, Bhopal and Care hospital, Banjara hills in Hyderabad. The Care hospitals had
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Lacunae in the health system
The deaths of 14 children has not only raised doubts about the sense of commitment on the part of West Bengal government, but has also put a question mark on the efficiency of the Left Front
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MCD nets mosquito 'breeders'
Dr. K N Tiwari, Director Health Services-cum-Municipal Health Officer, said that the health department has prosecuted caretakers of a number of buildings for creating 'mosquitogenic' conditions and
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New method to assess toxic drugs effect
Scientists at the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Uttar Pradesh, have shown that a novel noninvasive method that uses lymphocytes to assess the effects of exposure to toxic drugs and chemical
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Hundreds of HIV-infected people in NE dying for lack of medicines
Hundreds of HIV infected people have died in the northeastern region because of the lack of access to medicines and inadequate healthcare facilitates, experts and patients said on Wednesday. Anti
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Cipla to export new anti-asthma inhaler
India's second-largest drugmaker by market share, Cipla Ltd, expects to start selling a potentially lucrative new asthma treatment in Europe by October, its chairman told a shareholders' meeting
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Reinfection of HIV surprises scientists
Doctors once assumed that patients' natural immunity would keep them from getting the AIDS virus more than once. But Swiss researchers are now reprotecting that a 38-year-old man acquired a second
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What express saw : Parents who don't name kids, fearing deaths
Kalu Ghatal, a villager from Bobhdhari, lost his eight month old son last week. Kalu had not named his son and was not expected to do so, at least not until the child crossed the threshold of