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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Fighting Malaria: a big challenge for North-east
With the advent of June, the National Anti-Malaria month, there has been fresh concern over lack of public awareness regarding malaria. Malaria, the second largest killer communicable disease in the
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Gastroenteritis in city, 30 hospitalised
Fifty per cent of Ambedkarnagar slum's inhabitants were taken to hospitals in the last two days and condition of 30 persons is stated to be serious with the outbreak of gastroenteritis in Hyderabad,
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Bite out of breast cancer
A probe based on technology developed for the Mars mission promises to be the biggest boon yet in checking for breast cancer. A small start up called BioLuminate, California, is struggling to change
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Spare parts for the brain
Plugging microchips directly into the brain is no longer science fiction. The technology promises treatments for numerous brain disorders, including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases as well as
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Saying versus doing
Vladimir Putin is the first Russian president to mention AIDS in a state-of-the-nation speech. Mr. Putin has talked about AIDS before, but his speech last month gave campaigners hope that he is now
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It ain't over til it's over
Progress in understanding the science of SARS has been unprecedented, trumpeted Gro Harlem Brundtland, secretary-general of the World Health Organisation, at the agency's latest conference on Severe
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3 die of viral fever in Sullia taluk
Three persons died of viral fever at Bedrpane in Aranthod village and Markanja village in Mangalore. Viral fever has been widespread in these two villages. Three persons are undergoing treatment in
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Italian-origin fish guppy' will fight malaria in Assam
An ornamental fish of Italian origin has come to rescue of the Assam health department which has embarked upon an ambitious plan of containing malaria through the biological weapon made of guppy
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248 dropsy cases
As the number of people affected by dropsy in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas went up to 248, the authorities here warned of strict action against people found guilty of
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Delhi hit by water borne diseases
With the onset of monsoons Delhi has registered a sudden spurt in water-borne diseases like dengue, cholera and gastroenteritis. So far two cases of dengue have been reported from different parts of