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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Nurses' night shifts linked with colon cancer
Sunshine may be good for you and nurses who work regular night shifts have a higher risk of colon cancer, US researchers reported. The study by researchers at Harvard Medical School adn Brigham and
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76 cholera cases in city
Monsoons a month away, cholera has left its stamp on Delhi. The city recorded 76 cases since January, 50 per cent of which are from the Civil Lines zone. Central and Civil Lines zone alone account
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Aids fight : Laurels for Tata, flak for Govt
A global business coalition backed by some of the world's most powerful movers and shakers recognised India's flagship enterprise Tata Iron and Steel Company (Tisco) with an award for community based
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HIV spread from chimps to man, say researchers
The ancestry of the virus that caused the AIDS epidemic has been traced to two strains of virus found in monkeys in
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Raise a toast to the cuppa!
Considered only as a nutritional and flavoured beverage tea with its 12 functional components, is also a physiological function modulating drink, according to a study conducted by the Tea Research
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Diabetes to affect one in 3 US kids
One in three US children born in 2000 will become diabetic while close to 60 million people in India are likely to develop the disease by 2025, unless many more people start eating less and
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Indian doctor bags Austrian civil award
Dr Kalyan S Sachdev, who runs the Private Hospital in DLF City-II, has been honoured with the prestigious Austrian civil award "Decoration of Honour in Silver" for promoting and strengthening
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Gene for manic depression identified, may spur target' drugs
A gene that causes manic depression has been identified, raising the prospect of new treatments for one of the most common forms of mental illness. Research in the United States has shown that a
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Devil is in the detail, says tobacco industry
The Rs 35,000-crore Indian tobacco industry, while appreciating the renewed efforts of Government to curb consumption of all tobacco products in the country, has expressed serious concern over some
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Sugar-free confectionery coming soon?
After sugar-free soft drinks and flavoured water, it's now sugar-free confectionery and bakery products that could well become a reality in India. The production of sugar-free confectionery, gaining