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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Punjab village motto: HIV test first, marriage later
A village in Ludhiana, Punjab has made pre-marital AIDS test mandatory in an effort to check the spread of the HIV virus. Manuke is the second village in the country after Hiware Bazar in Maharashtra
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$15 b AIDS relief plan for Africa
The U.S. President, George W Bush, proposed a $15 billion plan for emergency AIDS relief, a "work of mercy" that he said would save millions in Africa and the Caribbean from falling victim to the
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Rare illness opens new front in Amgen J &J drug rivalry
In one of the drug industry's most bitter rivalries, Amgen Inc. and Johnson and Johnson have struggled for 18 years over the market for a blockbuster drug they both sell. Now a medical mystery is
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Ban on smoking in public places to be implemented strictly: Lal Singh
The Minister for Health and Medical Education, Lal Singh has said that the ban on smoking in public places including health institutions would be implemented strictly. The Minister was speaking at a
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Wide publicity to polio drive
The Uttar Pradesh Government has made adequate arrangements for wide publicity of the Puse Polio Immunisation Drive to be held on February 9 next. For the first time NGOs, Rotary club, Nehru Yuva
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DRL drops 3 new compounds from pipeline
Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (DRL) has dropped three new compounds from its research pipeline that were undergoing or had completed pre-clinical development or animal trials.The
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Parliament bans sex tests on test tube babies
The sex of test tube babies can no longer be made to order. Parliament last week passed an amended version of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act which expands the ban on sex-determination
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Inhalers termed best way to manage asthma
Asthma is one of the major causes of morbidity in Pakistan. About ten per cent of the Pakistanis have the disease. The incidence of the disease is increasing among children. This is due to increasing
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Abortion issue threatens Polish admission to EU
Only days before the treaty bringing the Poles into the EU goes to the European parliament, Poland's powerful Roman Catholic church is demanding that wording must be added to the treaty guaranteeing
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Bush AIDS plan surprises many, but advisers call it long planned
As one of the government's leading scientists, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci often visits the White House to talk about bioterrorism and vaccine research. But whenever he sees President Bush, Dr. Fauci said ,