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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Air pollution linked to cardiopulmonary disease
Dublin's death rate dropped significantly following the 1990 coal ban, according to new research. A separate study has found a link between living near main roads and developing cardiopulmonary
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Over 50,000 children to be given polio drops in Capital
Pakistan Health department has made arrangements for administering polio drops to over 50,000 children in the rural and urban areas of the capital during a three-day campaign starting As many as 162
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NHRC help sought to ban Nimulid
The National Human Rights Commission's intervention has been sought to ban 'Nimulid', a drug aggressively promoted for curing fever and killing pain, as it leads to serious complications in the
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Framework for global ayurveda campaign mulled
The World Ayruveda Congress (WAC) 2002, to be held in Kochi, proposes to establish the framework for a transcontinental drive for promoting Indian Systems of medicine, especially ayurveda, through
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New technique blessing for diabetics with heart diseases
Endoscopic Vein Harvesting (EVH) is being hailed as a boon for diabetics who have severe heart problems. It is also useful for aged and patients of Peripheral Vascular Disease. It involves smaller
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Child malnutrition stalks towns: Food Atlas
Madhya Pradesh, followed by Uttar Pradesh, has been found to suffer form the worst levels of food insecurity in urban India with child malnutrition emerging as a major problem, according to the 'Food
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Malnutrition cause of Thane deaths
While the Maharashtra government continues to adopt an ostrich-like attitude towards the death of 26 tribal children in Thane district during April-August this year, a recent survey by the city-based
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Centre file SPL to vacate HC stay
The government has filed a special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court, seeking to vacate the Banglore High Court stay on operation of the pricing component of the new pharmaceutical policy
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Meet planned on disaster mgmt
Health ministers and senior officials from health departments from 14 states across the country will congregate at the Civil Hospital to participate in the inter-state workshop on medical disaster
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Pregnancy related deaths on the increase
an estimated 130,000 women die every year from complications related to pregnancy in India. Almost all of which can be prevented. And while the country is still groping to get better of the condition