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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Govt to setup women-friendly district health system: Nasir
The Pakistan government is aware of high maternal mortality and morbidity in the country, especially in the under-developed rural areas and recognizes the urgency to take remedial action. This was
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AIDS lessons for kids
Over a million children in state run schools in Tamil Nadu will receive lessons on HIV/AIDS under a programme called 'AIDS and Life Skills'. The Rs 25 million project will impart AIDS awareness
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UN to provide AIDS drugs to 3 million poor
Saying that the failure to deliver AIDS drugs to impoverished people is so grave that it has become a global health emergency, the World Health Organisation plans to prodive such drugs to three
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Scientists in Iceland link gene to strokes
Researchers in Iceland say they have discovered the first gene that underlies common forms of stroke, a disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people each year. People with a particular
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New scourge for Sudan's young
The children of Lui scoop their beans and mush from plates laid out on the dirt, using only their tiny fingers, often aware that something bad is about to happen. Their necks begin to swing forward
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Latest SARS case tracked to lab
The SARS virus that infected a researcher has been traced to the Environmental Health Institute laboratory he visited. It had live virus samples, and the 27 year old married man fell ill three days
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Test tube baby born using eggs frozen in 1995
A Hokkaido woman gave birth to a boy last year using fertilized eggs frozen in 1995, which may be the longest time in Japan that such eggs have been used after being in storage, according to her
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Cabbage butterfly protein spells destruction for cancer cells
A protein found in the pupae and larvae of cabbage butterflies induces the destruction of cancer cells more effectively than common anticancer drugs, according to researchers at the National Cancer
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Carsyon to unveil new anti-cholesterol drug
Rosuvastatin, the hottest new kid on the anti-cholesterol block, seems to be setting the domestic pharma market afire. If Ranbaxy Labs entered the scene from the North with 'Rosuvas' a few days ago,
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Three more HIV cases reported
Three more cases of HIV-infected persons, including a woman, have come to light raising the figure of such cases to 48 in the Larkana district (Pakistan) alone. The latest cases have been detected