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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1 in 10 European HIV patients resistant to drugs
One in 10 HIV patients in Europe newly infected with the virus is infected with drug-resistant strains, researchers said. Experts said the biggest study of its kind, presented at an international
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Sunscreens give false anti-cancer security
About 54,000 cases of Americans with Melanoma are diagnosed each year and 7,600 die of it, as per the National Cancer Institute. And the numbers keep climbing. Some researchers wonder whether sun
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Safer breast-feeding for HIV+ve
New research has raised the possibility of safer breast-feeding by HIV-positive mothers in the developing world, an advance that could save millions of lives. Experts say findings presented at the
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Centre plans legislation to control population'
Dissatisfied with the failure of "persuasive" methods to check population boom in the country during the past 55 years, the government is planning to bring in a legislation on a two-child norm with
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Bill Gates' charity reshapes world health
Philanthropists do not typically lavish their money on swine. Or mosquitoes, for that matter. But Bill Gates is no ordinary philanthropist. If immunising pigs can end the spread of tapeworms, which
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'Colony authorisation delay a health hazard'
Criticising the Central Government for not regularising the unauthorised colonies in the capital, Delhi Health Minister Dr A K Walia said that at-least 90 per cent cases of water and vector borne
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Lack of chimneys pose health hazards around crematoriums
People residing near crematoriums in Mumbai are more prone to have breathing problems like asthma than others, the main causes being lack of chimneys in the crematoriums, resulting in the spread of
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UN chocolate pact may turn bitter for sugar, cocoa
A 126-nation agreement last week to update international standards for chocolate will generate several new factors for the cocoa and sugar market. The standards were adopted by the Codex Alimentarius
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India poised to become world health-care destination'
According to Dr Anupam Sibal, Medical Director of Delhi's Apollo Hospital, India is now poised to become the health-care destination of the world. In recognition of this fact, the government in this
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2 more dengue deaths reported in Kumari district
Dengue fever, which is causing much concern in neighbouring states of Kerala and Karnataka for some time, has claimed the lives of two children in Kanyakumari district, Tamil