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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Maharashtra bans Gutkha consumption
Maharashtra government announced its decision to ban consumption and possession of gutka with effect from July one. The decision on gutka consumption comes a year after the ban on storage,
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DMA Ratna awards
Dr S K Sama, Director, Ganga Ram Hospital has been awarded DMA Ratna award for the Life Time Achievement in Medicine and Gastroenterology. He was personal physician to the President of India and also
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No norms for infection control exist in Mumbai's hospitals
An unclean medical instrument is a quick medium for a pathogen to get into your system, specially when your defences are down. Yet, there are not official guidelines or regulatory mechanism to ensure
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Cholera kills four in TN, toll reaches10
Ten persons, including two children and four women, died in an outbreak of cholera in backward Dharmapuri district in northwest Tamil Nadu, over the last one week, according to reports. Dharmapuri
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Obese under-10 face greater diabetes risk: Poll
Children under 10 years old are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a disease that normally affects adults, because of a rise in childhood obesity, according to a poll released. The survey of 200
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'Industry willing to join awareness campaign'
Stating that it may not be possible to curb the huge tobacco consumption in the highly unorganised rural markets, where the sticks are sold in loose form, Mr R.A. Poddar, CEO of Godfrey Philips, was
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Don't give it away for free
Amid reports of new viruses, drug-resistant bacteria, and ineffective antibiotics, scientists are discovering the ability of certain foods to strengthen the immune system and fight problems
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Mysterious disease strikes Faridkot village
Five deaths due to a mysterious disease has been reported from village Araiyanwala near Faridkot, Punjab. According to the relatives of the deceased, the patients suddenly felt pain in the chest and
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Unproven Alzheimer's drug on rise
In early April, there was a news about, memantine, Alzheimer's drug which blocks a brain chemical, glutamate, which has been implicated in nerve cell death. Now it is not sold in United States. But
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Aids worries Chandigarh
Officials estimates paint a disturbing picture about the spread of HIV-AIDS in Chandigarh. Nearly one in five of the city's nine-lakh population lies in the