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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Designer baby' doctors finally face action
Nearly two weeks after the Supreme Court asked Maharashtra to act against the Malpani Infertility Centre in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started proceedings against the
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The nest asbestoes?
In recent yeas, manufacturers have been engineering sunscreens that blend into the skin. How do they do it? By taking the basic sunblocking ingredients
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Bengal health minister cites world figures
Even as the angel of death revisited Murshidabad district, this time in the form of Anthrax, claiming one life and dispatching over 20 to hospital, Health Minister Suryakanta Mishra has reiterated
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Scope for major corporate role in primary healthcare
If you are of the opinion that it is the hospital bill, rather than the illness that actually knocks you flat, that is precisely the issue that top-brass of the healthcare delivery segment, who met
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Inhaler Aspirair works faster than Viagra
Viagra faces a new challenge after succesful tests of an inhaler that works faster than the blue pill. The Aspirair device, similar to an asthma inhaler, administers apomorphine to tackle erectile
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Rabies claims one more life, toll this year is 19
Even as the debate on whether stray dogs should be eliminated or not continues, another person in Bangalore city has fallen victim to rabies which is usually spread by stray dogs. A middle-aged woman
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11 fresh suspected SARS cases in HK
Eleven patients from a Hong Kong mental institution have been admitted to hospital as suspected SARS cases, a government spokewoman
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Unicef challenge to official death rates in Caucasus
Infant mortality rates in countries of the Caucasus and central Asia are up to four times the officially quoted figures, revealing a
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Anthrax kills in Murshidabad
A 12 year old girl died of anthrax, a debilitating cattle borne diseases that has also laid low 32 persons in two Murshidabad villages about 245 km from Calcutta. "On june 20, seven persons from
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Cholera strikes Thane hospital
At least 25 inmates of Thane Regional Mental Hospital in Maharashtra were stricken with cholera because of contaminated water supply, Maharashtra state health authorities said. Cases of the disease