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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Framework for malaria warning system designed
A framework for malaria early warning system (MEWS) has been designed to predict the outbreak of the deadly disease at an early possible stage. This was stated Pakistan Minister for Health Mohammad
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Artificial heart muscle tested
Researchers are developing a "heart blanket" which could give patients with heart disease a better quality of life. The aim is to be able to give under performing hearts an extra boost as and when
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Family Health Officers fight shy of immunization
The Family Health Officers (FHOs) have decided to pull out of the Measles Catch-up Immunization programme which began on Monday and concludes in October, as a form of trade union protest. The
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Rights of patients over patents
The Third World got a life saving blood transfusion over the weekend when the World Trade Organisation finally agreed to give billions of people regular access to good quality drugs at affordable
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Indians prone to cardiac attacks: WHO
Over 40% of heart attacks occur in people without any previous cardiac complain, noted cardiac surgeon Dr Ashwin B Mehta said. Dr Mehta added that most of these people remain unaware of the impending
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SARS virus linked to animals
The virus that infects humans with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is slightly different from one found in wild animals sold in China for food, but close enough to suggest the disease jumped from
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U.N. envoys defy smoking ban
A diplomatic confrontation between American authorities and much of the rest of the world intensified as senior officials at the United Nations insisted on their right to smoke in the organisation's
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Junk food: Quick route to diabetes
Calories from Junk food when not burned lead to a state of being overweight or even obese. And the net result is the environment abetting the genes leading to an onset of diabetes even at an early
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Contact lens for itchy eyes
A Japanese company has developed disposable contact lenses that can not only correct vision but also release drugs in the wearer's eyes gradually over 10-15 hours, a chief researcher said. The lens,
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Pharma policy: ministry all set for SC hearing today
Signalling the government's continued interest to implement the Pharmaceuticals Policy 2002 announced and approved by the Cabinet last year, the chemicals and fertilisers ministry had convened a