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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Study finds no benefit form hormone therapy
Confounding a widely held impression, a large U.S. federal study has found that hormone therapy for menopause does not affect quality of life. Women taking the drugs did not feel more sexual pleasure
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A mystery illness
The mystery disease that has sickened hundreds of people in Asia and a handful of victims elsewhere in the world is worrisome chiefly because so little is known about it. Public health experts cannot
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BCC goes for a clean sweep
In a major crackdown on Tuesday, the Bangalore City Corporation (BCC) health squads took action against roadside hawkers selling cut fruits, sweetmeats, sugarcane juice and fast foods near High Court
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A health sentence that need not be one
Why does no one have the courage to say loudly and unequivocally that 50 million people around the world are going to most a few years unless they are treated immediately with the life saving drugs
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IVF technique immensely popular among NRGs
Invitro-fertilisation (IVF) procedure, long believed to be a rarity, has slowly gained popularity reflected in the increasing number of women opting for this procedure, with IVF specialist getting
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Deaths in Raichur village not due to malaria: DHO
District Health Officer Dr S C Dharawadkar has clarified that the death of five people in Devdurg taluk's Galaga village in Karnataka last week was not due to malaria, as reported. The officer has
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Wockhardt launches telemedicine service
Workhardt Hospital and Heart Institute in Bangalolre launched 'Heart connect', its internet-aided telemedicine service. With a simple dial-up connection, cardiologists can link up and monitor vital
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New drug for prostate problems launched in city
Serum International, a subsidiary of Serum Institute of India, the largest manufacturer of measles and DPT drugs, launched its phytochemical drug for prostate gland problems, Pyginal, in Bangalore.
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China endangers world health
Warnings don't come much scarier than this. The World Health Organization has called a new form of pneumonia, which started spreading in China's Guangdong province last November a
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Humanity's slowing growth
A generation ago, Paul Ehrlich warned in