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
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
In a novel experiment to take holistic health care to the poor, Minister of State for Science & Technology and Indian Systems of Medicine Nafees Fazal began an introductory programme of visiting
Health authorities should address various fatal diseases with as much attention as is being accorded to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). This was the general view of the participants of a
Measures, including provision for bone-marrow transplantation in public sector hospitals, are particularly required in Pakistan as more than 6,000 children with thalassaemia major are born here every
The Punjab (Pakistan) government has launched a pilot health project on the chief minister's initiative to primary health care programme in Rahim Yar Khan. The pilot project has started functioning
The health ministry will begin testing patients suspected of having contracted severe acute respiratory syndrome in a bid to ensure early detection and learn more about the little-known killer.
Nearly two decades ago, rising awareness about the contamination of groundwater by arsenic led West Bengal to start research into its whys and wherefores. A decade ago, Bangladesh followed suit. And
The Centre has proposed to hold a meeting of medical scientist soon to work out a strategy to tackle the new threat posed by SARS-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. The meeting is being held in the
Overweight Americans are eating their way to an early grave in more ways than people realize. While many may know that excess pounds raise the risk of heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, stroke,
Prompted by the recent scientific research that breast feeding was a must for a child, Parliament, on May 7 passed a Bill seeking to prohibit all forms of advertisement and promotion of infant mil
Russia appears to have become the world's 30th country to have been hit by SARS virus as the first "almost certain'' case of the disease has been detected on the border with China. A 25-year-old man