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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
INITIALLY developed for electron microscopy, holograms have found a range of applications from gift shop CHIJositics to identification labels on credit cards, Recently, a new application Was added to this list - holographic data stora-e. R H Berg and his collaborators at the Riso National Laboratory in Deninark have investigated …
Bhutan has set out on a tiger conservation project and has initiated a survey to check out the exact number of tigers in the country. According to Karma Tshering, programme coordinator of the Bhutan. Tiger Conservation Project of the ministry of agriculture, "The project was initiated because we wanted to …
HUMAN genetic defects are suddenly at a premium. A deal between Genset, a research company based in Paris, and the Chinese government allows the former to wade through scores of genetic samples from Chinese people for the purposes of medical research. What has, however, left geneticists in a quandary is …
ANY new measure towards reducing cholesterol is welcome, particularly by people with high concentrations of serum and a history of heart ailments. But now, scientific evidence is fast surfacing that such measures may dictate the way you handle your emotions. Two recent studies suggest that low-fat diet may be driving …
New research on migraine headache shows that it follows a cyclical pattern. Discovering a pattern would help the sufferers anticipate such headaches and take pain relievers in advance to mitigate the suffering. Stephen Evars of the University of Munster, Germany, has just described experiments in which brain waves of people …
Sri Lanka, the world's top tea exporter, is going all guns to promote tea as a health drink and as an alternative to soft drinks. Ranjith Maligaspe, director-general of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, stated that the benefits of green tea should be used as a tool to attract younger …
Two strains of bacteria competing for basic neccessities in the human gut evidently have a stable coexistence. Researchers say it is because the slow-growing strain feeds off the excreta of the fast-growing counterpart. Paul Turner of the Michigan State University, US, and his team found this when they were experimenting …
IN SPITE of the worldwide controversy over the continuing use of pesticides, the World Bank (WB) has diluted its norms related to pesticides and pest management policy. The wb's attitude was roundly criticised by a group of over 100 environmental, consumer and developmental organisations belonging to different countries on the …
The growing global menace of drug resistant germs compounding the problem of infectious disease control has been traced to economy measures in hospitals. Jerome Schentag, University of Buffalo, New York told the American Society of Microbiology that in view of the high cost of antibiotics, physicians prescribe only a few …
According to a research in the US, women suffering from depression are at serious risk of bone fractures in later life. A team at the National Institutes of Health near Washington DC studied 24 women with a history of depression and found that 10 had a bone density so low …
some time back heart attacks were considered a problem of only advanced countries. Not any more. Countries like India are fast catching up with the developed countries. For example, in the United States the most frequent cause of death in men over 35 and women over 65 is cardiovascular disease. …
it is an experience most of us would have had many times. How come mosquitoes and other winged creatures are partial in their biting habits? They seem to have distinct favourites, whose blood is selectively devoured. While scientists always suspected that it is something to do with one's skin or, …
With the world perilously close to a global crisis in infectious diseases, the UN health body has chalked out a 20-point programme on how to prevent it. WHO has admitted that the promised slogan of "health for all by the year 2000' may not after all be met considering the …
it is a whole new twist to the very concept of geochemistry. And what are propelling the changes in outlook are millions of tiny microbes working quietly behind the scenes, literally, to effect mighty changes in the earth's interior. These microbes, hitherto neglected as subjects for study, have shot into …
Copper bracelets are currently riding the crest of popularity in Asia. The bracelets' manufacturers claim that discomfort from all types of arthritis is relieved by wearing the copper band next to the skin. Even more remarkable, those not suffering form arthritis have been sporting the bracelet in hopes of reducing …
Joan Hibberd of Harley Street, London claims that brewed tea can be used to cure cold sores caused due to herpes infection. Tea when applied on to the sores helps fast recovery and the recurrence rate is also low. A very easy way of doing it is to boil the …
researchers , politicians and patient-activists traded progress reports about the deadly spread of the human immunodeficiency virus ( hiv ) at the 11th international conference on aids recently. Twenty-two million people live with aids today, and five new victims are infected every minute. New drug combinations that have beaten the …
a number of drugs absorb into the body much more easily if taken along with grapefruit juice. Studies are still going on to determine the real cause of this increased absorptivity, so that drugs can be manufactured or modified for them to be more effective. "Patients who take calcium channel …
