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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An about face on tobacco
The Bush administration finally came to its senses last week and stopped trying to undermine a tobacco-control treaty that was approved by the World Health Assembly in Geneva. The decision ended a
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Fish intake controls depression
Many women are afrain to add fish to their diet for the perceived effects of mercury and its impact on the brain development of the foetus. But a new study has revealed that omega-3, an essential
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Pass the butter, please
Dr. Robert Atkins, the diet guru who died last month, would have enjoyed reading last week's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. It carried two independent studies that enhanced the
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Polio immunisation camp
Furthering its efforts for eradicating polio, the Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme (PPIP) will be organisng a polio immuniation camp here on June 1. The Delhi Health and Family Welafare Minister,
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NGO starts workshop to combat malaria and diarrhoea
Keeping in view the chronic problem of malaria and diarrhoea, specially in the far-flung areas of Nagaon including the Nagaon-Karbi Anglong border areas under Hojai subdivision, Assam, IPORI, a
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Lungs united
It was a historic moment inthe eradication of vice. The 192 members of the World Health Organization have unanimously adopted the framework convention on tobacco control in Geneva a few days ago.
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Tokyo hospitals careless with toxins
Nearly 80 percent of the hazardous materials in Tokyo's hospitals are not kept under lock and key, indicating a generally lax attitude on how toxic substances are handled, according to a recent
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Cities move to ease SARS fears
Two cities in Kyoto Prefecture visited by a Taiwanese doctor later diagnosed with SARS announced they have found no cases of the disease and are safe to visit. Kyoto and Miyazu made the announcement
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N-E triad adopt policy on AIDS vaccine
Political leaders of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland today adopted the "Gauhati Declaration" for accelerating the development of an AIDS vaccine in the region. The declaration, called at the initiative
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Awareness schemes on polio planned
In recent times, West Bengal has become highly endemic for the transmission of wild polio virus. A series of Sub National Immunisation Day (SNIDs) and National Immunisation Day (NIDs) have been