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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Anti-smoking fine fails to get going
To make Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital a no-smoking zone, the authorities had decided to slap a fine of Rs 50 to anyone caught smoking in the hospital premises. A grand idea, indeed! It couldn't,
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WHO upgrades support to polio eradication measures
The new Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Lee Jong-wook, said that he would leave no stone unturned to ensure that polio was wiped off the face of the world at the
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Robo-nurse to monitor SARS
China has developed a 'robo-nurse' to treat patients in the even of future SARS outbreaks, according to reports. It can monitor patients, dispense medication, dispose of medical garbage, and deliver
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Dealing with AIDS
A study of 1600 patients across Europe has found that the HIV virus is becoming increasingly resistant to drug treatment. The amazing point was that one in 10 patients who have never taken
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How polio virus has remained invincible
The joy of victory over the dreaded polio virus was short-lived, particularly in North Karnataka which continues to hobnob with the poliomyelitis, sending even the world health machinery into a
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Anti-malaria, anti-diarrhoea drug price reduced by 1.5%
The government reduced the retail prices of anti-malarial medicine Chloroquine Phosphate and Nalidixic acid-Metronidazole combination formulations used to treat diarrhoea by upto
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2 Indian states act to ward off polio
The northeastern Indian states Assam and Meghalaya began immunizing 600000 children against polio after a child was diagnosed with the disease in Assam last month. The children targeted for
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Tie it up tight, but watch your eyes
A study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology found that wearing tightly tied necktie had a significant effect on blood pressure within the eye, which it called the most important known
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Task force set up to counter hepatitis
The NWFP government (Pakistan) has constituted a task force to co unter hepatitis with a view to saving the people from falling prey to the deadly disease. Speaking at a news conference, NWFP
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Dengue fear grips Sector 20 in Airoli
The possibility of dreaded 'dengue' fever being coupled with a viral infection case recently detected in Sector 20 of Airoli, Maharashtra has created much panic amongst the residents in this sector.