Decoding dengue brew that’s raising a storm
Chennai: A bitter battle between age-old rivals is brewing on social media. The contestants: Sceptical allopaths and combative Siddha practitioners. The referee: A defensive state government. As the fight
Herbal Medcine
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Healthy tea
It is believed that green tea prevents certain types of cancer. But the fermentation process involved in making black tea was thought to destroy the protective compounds. Now researchers from the UK
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Disappearing tree
An evergreen tree found only in Africa is on the verge of extinction because of large scale stripping of its bark
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Herbal remedies
A new venture makes a foray into the world herbal market
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A multi purpose plant
From providing cure for stomach ailments to being an antidote for poisoning , the Jatropha Curcas is priceless
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Herbal drug for diabetes
A Kerala based company claims to have developed a herbal drug that can effectively treat diabetes
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Remedy for kala azar?
a recent article, in one of the dailies in Delhi reported that Bihar accounts for 90 per cent of kala-azar cases countrywide and 5.5-crore people are prone to it in 30 of the 56 districts of the
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Bad medicine
Britain bans a Chinese medicine after reports of kidney failures
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SOUTH AFRICA
Sosobala Mbatha, South Africa's most famous traditional healer, will share his knowledge of Zulu indigenous medicine with his counterparts in the us . Mbatha has been invited to New York by
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CHINA
As part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Thailand and China, the two countries have signed an agreement on joint research in the use of
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Memory plus
The scientists of the Central Drug Research Institute of India (CDRI), Lucknow, conducted clinical tests on Memory Plus, a drug which owes its origin to the traditional herb