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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Dengue fever in Hyderabad?
Medical and Health Minister N Janardhan Reddy, addressing a news conference said that though dengue surfaced in Andhra Pradesh twice first in 1997 in Kurnool district and the other time in Chitoor
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Financial aid for medicinal plants cultivation
The National Board of Medicinal Plants will provide financial assistance to the desirous farmers for cultivation of medicinal plants. The Board will provide 30 per cent of the cost subject to a
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Hopes raised of using stem cells for treating muscular dystrophy
A rare natural experiment has given researchers hope of using stem cells to treat muscular dystrophy, a group of genetic diseases that cause progressive wasting of the muscles. The subject of the
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Veg food good for growing kids
The notion that non-vegetarian food is better than vegetarian food for growing children does not hold any truth if a new US study, published in a recent issue of the journal Archives of Pediatrics
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China warns of action on AIDS medicines
China could soon permit production of generic versions of AIDS drugs, following the lead of countries such as India and Brazil that have allowed local companies to make cheaper substitutes for costly
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Pfizer delays filings on epilepsy drug to 2003
Pfizer Inc. said U.S. and European filings for its experimental epilepsy drug, pregabalin, will be delayed until next year because the company has been asked to provide more information from
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Decades of admonitions fail to get Americans moving
The finding was so serious that it could be comparable in its health effects to a vitamin deficiency, medical experts said. It was so shocking that U.S. News & World Report published a special
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China admits 'blood stations' caused steep rise in Aids
Thousands of Chinese peasants who sold their blood to government-sponsored "blood stations" have contracted HIV-Aids, health officials have finally admitted in a secret report from the worst-affected
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At disease centers, a shift in mission and metabolism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is going through an uncomfortable metamorphosis, from an agency that focused on controlling naturally transmitted diseases to one heavily involved with
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Eliminate disease of poverty
In Latin America, 1.3 million persons live with HIV. The distinctive pattern of the epidemic is impacted by socio political factors. Therefore, public policies should focus on health, on closing the