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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FRI plan to conserve herbs
The Forest Research Institute (FRI), Lucknow, has chalked out an ambitious plan for the conservation of medicinal plants and laying of herbal gardens in Kanpur, Jhansi and Bareilly. The project,
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Leaked report says 1.7m could be saved by 2010
South Africa's government could save up to 1.7 million people infected with HIV by 2010 if it provided Aids drugs immediately, according to an official study leaked. A national treatment programme
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28 countries sign WHO tobacco control treaty on opening day
Twenty eight countries and the European Community (EC) signed on 16 June the new global tobacco control treaty unanimously adopted last month by all 192 Member States of the United Nations World
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Majority of dengue fever patients are children
As various epidemics are continuing their onslaught all over the Kerala State, school children are increasingly becoming the victims of these epidemics. According to the Health Directorate, 60 per
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High rate of water-borne diseases in Kollam city
A study on the quality of water and the impact of it on the health of the people in the Kollam Corporation in Kerala has revealed that water logging, consequent mosquito menace and overall
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Malappuram in the grip of contagious diseases
Even as the Malappuram district of Kerala continues to reel under a worst outbreak of contagious diseases, the health authorities are yet to put in place the basic facility for carrying out
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Homoeopathy more effective for dengue: homeopaths institute
The Institution of Homoeopaths, Kerala, called for a probe into the causes leading to a number of deaths from viral and dengue fevers in the state and claimed homoeopathy can cure dengue in just
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80 per cent of HIV cases in Kerala can be traced to Mumbai: Survey
A recent survey conducted by the Kerala Government health department on Malayali HIV carriers has revealed that 80 percent of the HIV cases in Kerala can be traced to Mumbai. As the alarm bells are
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Virus alert in Mexico
The mosquito-borne West Nile virus, which has killed hundreds of people in the United States since appearing in 1999, has reached Mexico and is spreading fast, health officials
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Dengue claims 2, 192 affected in Bangalolre
The Karnataka state government has embarked on a programme to prevent the spread of the dreaded Dengue fever which has claimed two lives so far and affected 192 persons. Speaking in the Legislative