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
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Govt role vital to curb AIDS
A study conducted on Nepal's HIV/AIDS has suggested that the case is very likely to be generalised in some communities and there is an immediate need from the government's side to work on curbing
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And now, the jab to help you quit
Scientists are developing a new wave of vaccines to cure drug addiction. Seeking to go beyond the original purpose of preventing infectious illness, Xenova, a UK biotechnology, company is developing
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Dr Reddy's Labs gets USFDA final nod for Nefazodone
Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, the Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical major listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), announced here on Wednesday that the United States Food and Drug Administration
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New drug from Ranbaxy to lower cholesterol level
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has launched Rosuvas (Rosuvastatin), a drug to lower the cholesterol level in the human body. According to an official release, Rosuvas is the most aggressive therapy till
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HIV looms large over the city
A survey by the Delhi government to estimate the population at a high risk of contracting HIV infection has pegged the figure at 12 lakh. The private agency which conducted the research presented its
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School kids warned of exposure to sun
Warning that 66,000 people die each year of skin cancer, the United Nations, has launched a new school campaign to try to increase awareness among children that too much exposure to the sun may cause
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It's getting awfully warm up here in Alaska
Skeptics of global warming should come to this Eskimo village on the Arctic Ocean, roughly 250 miles north of Arctic Circle. It's hard to be complacent about climate change when you're in an area
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Easy access reason for rise in drug abuse: NCB
Easy access is the main reason why drug abuse is increasing in Male, says Commissioner of Narcotics Control Board, Lt. Col. Abdul Shakoor Abdulla. He said it has been identified that people who have
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Growing cases of malaria witnessed
Pakistan, being an endemic zone for malaria, registers a high incidence of associated mortality and morbidity among people of all age groups, particularly children. The situation is turning further
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Bono confronts Bush over AIDS funds
Irish rock star Bono has confronted US President George Bush in the Oval Office, over the vast gap between the funding promised in the State of the Union address and the actual money headed for