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
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
According to a recent survey, carried out by the Calcutta Health Support Group, one in every three cases of heart failure in the Calcutta city succumbs to the malady. This, says the survey, is the
Gastroenteritis and conjunctivitis have spread in an epidemic form, whereas the incidence of malaria and diarrhoea are also on the rise in Karachi city (Pakistan) owing to the prevailing unhygienic
With patients from all parts of Sri Lanka gathering in Colombo this week to launch the National Association for the Rights of Patients, more attention will be focused on the escalating costs of drugs
A study from Canada shows just how serious severe acute respiratory syndrome really is. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a recently recognised condition which has swept through Asia, North
The Union Environment and Forest Ministry is preparing a master plan for conservation and commercialisation of medicinal plants of the north-eastern
The discovery of the gene responsible for pancreatic damage may lead to early diagnosis and cure. Identified as SPINK 1, the vicious nibbler had chewed up many a pancreas and had turned into a killer
An exclusive house-to-house mop up programme for polio vaccination has been taken up by the Health Department, Assam along with the WHO.The mop up programme will be held in two rounds from July 27 to
In southern China, the preference for sons over whelms all other impulses and family planning laws strictly limit how many children a farmer may have. In March, the police in Guangxi Province found
The world economy may be slumping, but there is conspicuous growth in at least one area, waistlines. The War Against Fat has become a global conflict, and the rules of engagement appear to be
More than thousand people in Tripuga Municipality of Udayapur district has come under the grip of typhoid and viral fever. According to a member of the Hospital Development Committee, Uddav Dahal,