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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Workers set a precedent
The steel workers of Bhilai Steel Plant are pioneers of one of the most revolutionary health movements in the
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Artery development gene discovered
Scientists have come across a gene that helps in artery development. According to scientists, the gene also leads a new insight into the development signals that distinguish arteries form veins. Till
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Flies buzz out of 13-year-old boy's body in rare disease
Live flies are emerging out of a perforation in the lower part of the body of a 13-year-old boy in Bengal in a bizarre - but not unknown - phenomenon.Admitted in Burdwan Medical College Hospital
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WHO sees SARS nearing end, lauds China's drive
The World Health Organisation said the global SARS outbreak may be nearing an end and praised China's campaign against the virus. "In terms of the number of cases, we are seeing the end of the
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Infant born with whitish blood
A baby boy from Sullia near Mangalore in Karnataka has been found to have whitish blood in his body. Dr Srikrishna Bhat said, "It is a very rare case that severe whitish blood is found in a new born.
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Cholera claims six lives in TN
An outbreak of cholera has claimed six lives and left over 1,000 people hospitalised in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu in the past three days, officials
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AIDS might have roots in monkey-eating chimps, says study
Four years after arguing that humans probably got the AIDS virus from butchering chimpanzees for food, the same researchers say they have traced the origin back one step further - to the monkeys that
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U.S. suggests vaccine for monkeypox
The U.S. government has recommended smallpox vaccinations for all those exposed to monkeypox, including pregnant women and children. It also banned th sale and distribution of prairie dogs in the
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Natco Pharma to launch another anti-cancer drug
Within days of its successful launch of Zoledronic Acid, an anti-cancer drug in the injection form, Natco Pharma Ltd (NPL), the Hyderabad-based company that is currently in the process of wiping off
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8 die of measles
Out break of measles epidemic has so far claimed the lives of atleast eight children between the age group of two to eight years in Phek district of Nagaland and an unspecified numbers of children