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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Ebola lab test may be vaccine model
In an announcement with major implications for vaccine development, scientists said they trested a single-shot vaccine agaisnt the Ebola virus that protected 100% of monkeys exposed to the deadly
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Kids owning mobiles face health risk: Study
Parents are pampering children as young as five with mobile phones, promoting new health and safety fears. Industry figures reveal primary schoolchildren are the fastest growing market for mobile
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Hormone linked to cancer deaths
A study of one million British women has found a higher death rate from breast cancer among those who took combination hormone therapy than those who did not use it or took estrogen
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Mad cow disease worry
New Zealand sought to assure its people and its export markets on Friday that it did have any cases of mad cow disease, which if confirmed could deal a major blow to the country's
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Cases of West Nile virus triple in the U.S. to 164
The number of West Nile virus cases in the United States has tripled, to at least 164, since las week and will probably break the record for last year, a federal health official has
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Hormone aid tied to breast cancer death
A study of one million british women has found a higher death rate from breast cancer among those who took combination hormone therapy than those who did not use it or took estrogen alone.The study
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S Africa makes about-turn on tackling Aids
South Africa has reversed its policy on HIV/AIDS and is to develop a national treatment programme of antiretroviral drug therapy to fight the condition.The about-turn in a country with one of the
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Scientists must win public confidence
The loss of public confidence in science threatens to have serious health consequences in Britain. A study published yesterday showed that measles - virtually eradicated int he 1990s by the measles,
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Take heart, telemedicine in State poised to go beyond cardiology
After having scripted a success story in telemedicine with telecardiology, Karnataka is awaiting financial clearance to extend this streak to teleneuropsychiatry, telenephrology and telepaediatrics
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Polio eradication
New WHO Director-General Dr Lee Jong-Wook recently announced plans to rapidly step up the global effort to eradicate prolio, as the programme enters a critical phas. From the end of August to