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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Organic pollutants in marine life pose threat to humans
Organic pollutants in the ocean are a threat because they enter the food chain through marine organisms and cause disorders when consumed by human beings, said French Environmental Scientist Alian
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Scientists find obesity gene
A US biotechnology company says it has discovered a gene that appears directly linked with human obesity and that its structure was such that it could be relatively easy to develop drugs to combat
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Life expectancy of women lowest in M.P.
Women in undivided Madhya Pradesh have a life expectancy of only 57 years, lowest in the country, with longevity being highest close to 75 years in Kerala, meaning that a women in Madhya Pradesh
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Higher resistance found in malarial parasites
The already grave public health situation with regard to malaria, arising out of the increasing incidence of the deadly falciparum variety, has now acquired another alarming dimension. Scientists at
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Poilio cases rise as city government blames, UP launches programme
Alamed by a sharp rise in the number of polio cases in 2002 as compared to the last year, the Delhi state government launched the third phase of the pulse polio immunisation programme. As compared to
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Towards a polio free Delhi
The Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, formally launched the third phase of the Pulse Polio immunisation programme in the Capital by administering polio drops to several children at her official
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Young lives on the line
The death of over 50 children in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh owing to a mysterious disease brings into sharp focus the dismal condition of the public health care system and the callousness
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Diabetics... watch out on insulin
All that is sweet needs to be taken with a pinch of salt. Even as the week-end brought sweet news to diabetic patients, with insulin manufacturers announcing hefty price reductions on human insulin -
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Latest: Mouse testicles for infertility cure
Mouse testicles have become a hot seller in Taiwan after five infertile couples conceived successfully by eating dishes containing the sperm-producing organs, the United Daily News said. The craze
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Dying for the male child
In 100-odd villages across