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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'HRT use may not prevent coronary heart disease'
Indian gynecologists who continue to recommend Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to control the symptoms of menopause and in preventing heart disease and osteoporosis may need to rethink their
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Gutkha returns in new avtaar
The ingenuity of those intent on circumventing the law seems to know no bounds. Within two months of the state government banning the production, sale display or stocking of gutkha, makers of the
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Smallpox vaccine : Small risk
A new report on millions of small pox vaccinations given in the 1960s confirms that there is a small but significant risk that newly vaccinated people can make others seriously ill by infecting them
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Protein may aid cancer detection
A pattern of protein markers in the blood may be used to sharpen the diagnosis of prostate cancer and to eliminate unneeded biopsies, researchers say. Using a new system that analyzes traces of
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Putting cancer screening to the test
Popular methods of screening for breast cancer and prostate cancer are coming under fire. Recent studies have suggested that the techniques - including mammograms, breast self-examinations and blood
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Thai state agency will begin making Aids drug
Thailand's state drug making agency said it would begin immediate production of Aids drug didanosine, one of the best-selling treatments for the disease. The decision follows a recent court order
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Coca-Cola faces global protests
Coca-Cola the international soft drinks company, today faces worldwide demonstrations by HIV/Aids activists campaigning for greater access for its employees in Africa to life-prolonging treatments.
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The latest on arsenic
National and international programmes to reduce arsenic exposure have so far been largely ineffective, even though the serious nature of the regional situation was reported in the mid-1980s in West
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Judge voids rules on pharmaceutical tests
A US judge has struck down rules that required drug companies to test their products in children. The rules were intended to give doctors and parents more information about the drugs' safety and the
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Panel issues hormone therapy caution
Estrogen and progestin supplements shouldn't be used by women hoping to prevent bone loss or other chronic ailments, US government says. In July, federal scientists broke the news that long-term use