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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Hamirpur tops HIV list
There are about 533 HIV-infected and 144 full-blown AIDS cases in the state. Hamirpur district tops the list with 125 HIV-infected and 39 full-blown AIDS cases. Mandi district has 71 HIV-infected and
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New drug delays kidney cancer progression
A new type of cancer drug, called a monoclonal antibody, which interferes with a molecule that helps supply blood flow to tumors, increases the length of progression-free survival in patients with
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Smoke and dust at world trade center is linked to smaller babies
Scientists say they have measured a slight but significant rise in the percentage of small babies born to women who were around the World Trade Center during or after the terror attack compared with
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Two army teams investigating puzzling outbreak of pneumonia
The Army has assigned two teams of medical investigators to determine the cause of a puzzling spate of pneumonia cases among American troops in Iraq and other countries in the war region, Pentagon
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Ten babies born via new IVF technique
Ten babies, including one set of twins, have been born to women whose IVF treatment included a controversial embryo screening procedure which has only recently been allowed in Britain. The
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Drug abuse situation in Maldives remains more or less the same: NCB
There has been no positive progress in combating drug abuse in Maldives, the Narcotics Control Board told the Asian Youth Congress that commenced in Maldives. Many awareness programs are introduced
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Frantic search is on for memory-loss cures
Worried baby boomers can take heart in new evidence that mental stimulation may help stave off Alzheimer's disease, though there still is no cure. A looming crisis of widespread dementia as boomers
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Only one in three infants breast fed in Sri Lanka
Only one in three infants is completely breast fed during the first four months of life in Sri Lanka. This is despite the general medical recommendation that infants should be breast fed for the
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Education for good health
With one of Sri Lanka's most eminent medical personalities reporting that 85% of the diseases we suffer from get cured on their own, the state health authorities should focus attention on providing
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Better policies urged on animal-borne diseases
The United States, seeking to defend against diseases ranging from West Nile virus to SARS to mad cow disease, needs a more coherent policy on animal-borne diseases, health experts said. "Our