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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Cancer 'smart pill' set to increase home treatment
Government advisers cleared the way for more patients with advanced forms of common cancers to treat themselves at home rather than have chemotherapy in hospitals. "Smart pill" alternatives to
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Traffic fumes shown to raise asthma risk in children
Pollution from heavy traffic can make children more susceptible to asthma, wheezing and coughs, scientists said. Teams of researchers from Taiwan and Germany have shown that chemicals in vehicle
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One out of four kids is asthmatic in Kochi
Every one out of four children in Kochi is asthmatic and this number is likely to go up in the coming years as the pollution levels in the City keep increasing. And the doctors are concerned by the
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Sars on the prowl
The menace of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome persists. Just as mainland China had done some weeks ago, Taiwan too has sacked its health minister for failure to combat the mysterious pneumonia-like
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AIDS education programme in all schools in 3 yrs
The Madhya Pradesh State Government has decided to make the students of high secondary level (9 to 12th) aware about dreaded AIDS prevention. The AIDS awareness programme will conducted in the
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One in five people risk HIV
According to Global HIV Prevention Working Group report fewer than one in five people at risk of HIv infection today have access to prevention programs, and annual global spendingon prevention fall
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President gives assent to Tobacco Bill
The President, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, has given his assent to the crucial Tobacco Bill that bans advertisement of cigarettes and other tobacco products besides prohibiting sponsorship of sports and
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Family planning onus on men
With male participation being as low as two per cent, the Union health ministry had decided to hold mega camps in various cities to motivate men to come forward for the reversible sterlisation
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Heart ailments on a high in Punjab
The number of heart-patients is on an all time high in Punjab. And if experts are to be believed, more and more are Punjabis are falling prey to various kinds of heart-ailments as a result of their
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WHO gets more powers; Beijing reports 4 deaths
The World Health Organization's 192 members agreed today to gtrant it sweeping new powers to respond to international health threats lke SARS and bio-terrorist attacks. Under a resolution approved by