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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Lever faces fat compensationn bill for Kodai poison factory
FMCG giant Hindustan Lever Ltd may have to pay a huge compensation package to workers in its now-shut thermometer factory in Kodaikanal if Greenpeace and the NGOs fighting the mercury poisoning from
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Vioxx Naproxen are found ineffective against Alzheimer's
Anti-inflammatory drugs failed to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, a study showed, marking the second big disappointment recently in the treatment of an ailment that afflicts as many as
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Break in child fever deaths
No more child deaths were reported from Lalgola subdivision of Murshidabad district, where a mystery fever has claimed the lives of at least 31 babies over the past five days. A team from the
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WHO declares SARS is warning
The World Health Organisation declared that severe acute respiratory syndrome was on the wane in China and around the world, though it warned that many unknowns remain about how the disease spread in
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Doctors urge 'fat tax' as obesity hits Australia
Increasingly portly Australians may be slapped with a "fat tax" on chips, hamburgers and soft drinks as obesity balloons to record levels. A recent national survey of over 11,000 people by the
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UN backed health fund desperately short of cash'
The United Nations
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Few new SARS cases as worldwide trend of remission continues
Only a dribble of new SARS cases were reported in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, while the outbreak in Canada's biggest city appeared to be following the global trend of remission. But Tailand, which
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Fresh SARS cases renew debate on incubation period
Two dozen new mothers and their babies have been quarantined in Canada's latest outbreak of SARS, after a medical student became ill shortly after working in the delivery room of a Toronto hospital.
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ImClone to reapply for approval of cancer drug
ImClone Systems Inc. has said that it will reapply in the second half of this year for approval of Erbitux, the cancer drug whose initial rejection by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sparked
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Cadmium disrupts ability of cells to fight cancer
Cadmium, a naturally occurring metal found in food, water and cigarette smoke, disrupts a DNA repair system that is important in preventing cancer, according to researchers at the National Institute