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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Oxygen pulse, a measure of cardiovascular efficiency
Mildly elevated blood pressure could lead to heart pumping disorders if left untreated. A new Johns Hopkins study indicates that the amount of oxygen that can be circulated in the body during each
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Ayurveda cure for heart risks, say US experts
Medical experts in the US have turned to Ayurveda after findings that India's alternative system of healing can make a dent in heart attack rates. Baffled by the fact that enormous resources and
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Senate passes abortion ban bill
President George W. Bush said he would sign newly passed legislation to end the "abhorrent practice" known by critics as partial birth abortion, giving abortion foes a victory that had eluded them
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Dengue strikes again in city
There is a constant inflow if dengue patients to the Fever Hospital, Nallakunta, even as the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad officials claim that they have the situation under control. Since past
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On-The-Job Asthma Most Common in Cleaners, Farmers
People working in the cleaning, farming and transportation industries are among the most likely to develop asthma as a result of their jobs, according to new study findings. Other jobs that carried a
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Labor Groups Sue for Clean Air in Factories
The United Auto Workers and United Steelworkers of America filed a lawsuit against the Labor Department, seeking to force it to set clean air standards for factories that the unions said could save
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Jabs for 15m children in African blitz on polio
Fifteen million children in five west and central African states are being immunised against polio in an emergency three-day blitz aimed at preventing the crippling disease regaining a hold in those
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SARS patients get bone disorders
Some patients who survived SARS in Beijing are suffering bone disorders, possibly due to steroids used in treating the disease, a doctor and the World Health Organization
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'Delhi formula' to check food contamination in city
Seeking to give a boost to the vegetarian movement and to adopt a foolproof mechanism against bacterial contamination due to chicken slaughtering, BMC's Market Committee Chairman Manohar Panchal has
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Global SARS risk zones recommended
International health experts said they wanted to divide the world into three zones to detect a possible resurgence of the SARS virus, with southern China and Hong Kong at the centre of the most