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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Slipping up
Just when it seemed that eradication of polio is within India's reach, comes the bad news that this might not be possible after all. The World Health Organisation had set 2005 as its deadline for
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Medicare drug benefit plan is proposed by 2 democrats
In a break with party leaders, centrist Democrats proposed that Medicare provide drug benefits immediately to people who have low incomes or high prescription drug expenses. Members of both parties
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Medicine for sickle cell anemia also prolongs life for sickest patients, study says
The first drug approved to reduce the frequency and intensity of attacks of sickle cell disease prolongs life among the ailment's sickest patients, researchers said. A study of 299 adult patients
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Drug cuts heart risk by a third
Australia's most heavily subsidised pharmaceutical has proved effective in reducing heart attacks and strokes in people with high blood pressure and cholesterol levels regarded as "normal". But under
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Don't go to Hong Kong, Britons urged
The government strongly advised Britons not to travel to Hong Kong and Guangdong province, southern China, as the mystery bug that has so far killed 78 people and infected 2,223 continued to spread
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Hong Kong confirms recent foot-and-mouth disease
Hong Kong confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) among its pigs in January, which has already led Indonesia to ban imports of Chinese corn. "It (FMD) has been an endemic disease in
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'Ground water in parts of city has excess fluoride content'
The cheapest drinking water source in Bangalore is no longer safe, even for non-potable use. A recent study on the quality of ground water in some parts of the city, conducted by the Deparment of
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AIDS causing serious concern
The prevalence of HIV and AIDS in Manipur is a cause of serious concern, Manipur governor Ved Prakash Marwah said while delivering his address in the recently concluded Manipur Legislative Assembly.
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Understanding dementia
An international workshop in Chennai on dementia underlines the need to create awareness about the problem and improve treatment options and facilities, especially in developing countries like
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South Indian more prone to diabetes
South Indians are more prone to diabetes attack even when they are below 30 years than their counterparts in Australia where the disease affects people in the age group of 40. This warning was given