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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Sindh may witness 61,000 TB cases yearly: TB Day observed
According to World Health Organization estimates, Sindh, (Pakistan) with a population of around 34 million, is feared to witness more than 61,000 patients developing Tuberculosis every year ,
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Lung cancer to top killer list
Researchers predict that lung cancer will overtake breast cancer as the leading cancer killer of Victorian women by 2006. Data released by the Cancer Council of Victoria showed deaths from lung
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Liberals call for doctors to harvest organs from the dead
Doctors should have the automatic right to harvest organs from the dead, say rank-and-file Liberal Party members in the northern suburbs. Members of other Liberal branches have called for annual
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21 die of mystery disease in Kalikot
At least 21 people have died of an unknown disease in Kalikot district of the mid-western region of Nepal over the past two weeks. Authorities said that six people have died alone in Manma, the
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Nation's 60 pc of population lacks access to safe drinking water
Arsenic contamination of the water supply in India, Nepal and Bangladesh is afflicting more than 35 million people and if left unchecked, could reach
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152 hepatitis cases in Kurali
Health Minister R.C. Dogra said in the Punjab Assembly that while 152 persons were suffering from hepatitis 'A' and 'E' in Kurali, no case of hepatitis 'B' had been detected there. Replying to a call
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AIIMS-type hospitals planned for six states
The Vajpayee government will set up institutions on the pattern of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in six states. The first one will be in Patna. Union health minister Sushma
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Vitamin C can boost fertility
Students used to survive in Costly London by selling their semen to fertility clinics in the city's West End. At about 15 pounds sterling a pop, sperm donation remains a viable way for students to
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Polio strikes new Rajasthan areas
Polio has struck again in Rajasthan and this time in new areas. Three fresh cases of polio detected in the state this year indicate that the virus is alive and slowly spreading. Since January, these
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Embassy alert on pneumonia
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has alerted embassies in the 12 countries from where Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) cases have been reported. The officials have been asked to make