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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Experts to test SARS vaccine soon
Scientists in Hong Kong and mainland China have developed a potential vaccine for SARS which they will soon test on animals, a microbiologist on the team said. Laboratories worldwide have been racing
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Race for anti-viral drug heats up
Viruses and bacteria are often lumped together as germs. But when it comes to drugs to treat the illnesses they cause, the microbes are worlds apart. There are dozens upon dozens of drugs that kill
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Smokescreen decision for tobacco lobby
Coming on the heels of the World Health Organisation's treaty seeking to ban tobacco advertising
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Clinical trials for Ayurvedic AIDS treatment to begin soon
The first ever clinical trials for an Ayurvedic treatment of AIDS will begin soon. The Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha, in association with the Mumbai-based J J Hospital and the
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In Afghanistan, motherhood is a fight for survival
Afghanistan has among the world's highest rates of both infant mortality and maternal death because of difficulties during pregnancy or during childbirth. Millions of women across rural Afghanistan
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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