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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First human tongue transplant
Doctors say they have carried out the world's first successful tongue transplant on a human. A 42 year old man underwent the 14 hour operation at Vienna's General
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SAARC to adopt legislation for drugs control
The seven-member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) will soon adopt an effective national precursor control legislation and procedures to combat drug problem.
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Protect patient rights of Nepali herbs
The majority of people in Nepal continue to rely on the traditional or herbal system of health care. Ayurveda and the traditional medical wisdom and practices are prevalent in the community and
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Toxic barbeques a burning issue
Robin des Bois, a French environmental group, has called on the French food safety agency to issue a statement about the consequences of using contaminated wood for barbeques. Barbeques could contain
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Doctor-assisted deaths increase in Europe
Doctors in Europe are increasingly choosing to help hasten the death of critically ill and suffering patients, according to a study to be published Saturday in the British weekly journal The Lancet.
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Baltimore center carries out triple-swap transplants
The triple-swap kidney transplant operation was announced in a news conference at the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center, which said it believed that this was the first time three
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Shaping the next generation
Children whose parents are obese are more than twice as likely to become obese adults than children whose parents are of average weight, a national taskforce tackling obesity has found. Reporting
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South Africa still doubts value of AIDS drug
South Africa repeated its concern about a drug that has been used to protect babies from AIDS, saying American researchers had raised similar doubts. The South African Medicines Control Council set
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Olestra label not required, F.D.A. says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that products containing olestra, the zero-calorie fat substitute that was supposed to revolutionize the way consumers felt about low-fat snacks, would no
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Govt's TB drugs fail Jharkhand test
The Jharkhand Drug Administration has imposed a state-wide ban on the use and distribution of five medicines manufactured by Lupin Ltd, Aurangabad, Nestor Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Faridabad and Pure