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. …
It is rare to hear the wail of a child about to be given an injection at Dharam Prakash's small clinic in Ashok Vihar, Delhi. Reason: in the 30 years that he has been practising, this doctor has rarely used injections, not even in extreme cases. For instance, twelve-year-old Vishakha …
Although obesity is today a global pandemic, research on the disease in India is still nascent. This worries experts: nearly 15-30 per cent of the country’s urban population and four to eight per cent of the rural population is either overweight or obese, with children forming 16-18 per cent in …
numerous people, including newborns, are being exposed to a toxin via medical products, indicates a recent report. Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (dehp), the toxin, is found in products made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). dehp is added to PVC so that it gets softened to manufacture products like blood bags, urine bags …
Twenty years after the worst ever man-made disaster in the country, victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy got a direction from the Supreme Court for the disbursement of a Rs 1,567 crore compensation to them, paid by US pesticide major Union Carbide.
how planets form: Elongated dust clouds, rather than fluffy blobs of dust, are the seeds of planet formation. This is the finding of experiments conducted by J
mixed signals emanated from the xv International aids Conference 2004, held recently in Bangkok, Thailand's capital. While the meet proceeded in the desired direction by recognising the link between development and the battle with aids, it also witnessed the industrialised countries' indifference towards the less privileged sufferers of the disease. …
asian Indian men, whether overweight or not, are at an increased risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases because their bodies metabolise fat like people who are obese. This is the finding of a study conducted by researchers from the us-based University of Texas (ut). When people take in …
the use of mercury (Hg) in India's healthcare sector constitutes a major threat to public health. While merely 1 gramme (gm) of mercury is enough to contaminate a lake bigger than 8 hectares, an average hospital in Delhi releases about 3 kilogrammes (kg) of the metal annually, according to a …
I was obese and overweight but never bothered to lose weight. For, I suffered no pain or illness. I did make some halfhearted efforts to lose weight (such as cycling, walking and swimming), only to give them up after a few days. The idea of doing physical exercises early in …
after more than two days of hectic parleys, the World Health Organization's (who) Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health was endorsed at the 57th World Health Assembly (wha-57) in Geneva from May 17 to May 22. The plan aims to address two major factors, diet and physical activity, …
The government of African country Mali has stepped up efforts to eradicate guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) from the country. It appears that Niagassadiou, a village in the Mopti region of south central Mali, is the source of the infection that has spread all over west Africa. When these villagers migrate …
respiratory diseases have been found to be a major cause of death in the uk and experts warn that the British government will have to seriously rework its priorities to be able to fight the menace. Ailments like lung cancer, asthma, pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (copd) kill 105 …
Has India been short-sighted in its approach towards stamping out polio? Is the World Health Organization (who) foisting a discriminatory polio eradication agenda on developing countries like India? Or is the pharmaceutical industry eyeing gains by pushing an alternative means to stave off the threat of the disease? Lingering doubts …
S A Azad, coordinator of People's Rights and Social Research Centre (prasar) came to Lal Kuan village in the outskirts of Delhi in 1999 with a specific task in mind: making the villagers literate. In due course, he noticed a pattern: despite getting repeatedly treated for tuberculosis, villagers would die. …
the first round of consultations, aimed at revising the International Health Regulations (ihr) of the World Health Organization (who), was held in Manila in the Philippines on April 28. Under the ihr, it is currently mandatory for member countries to report the occurrence of three infectious diseases
On May 18, 2004, when governments of 192 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries gather at Geneva for the world health assembly, one Mrs Sharma in one town, Jabalpur perhaps, will be making her way purposefully to the new swanky fast food joint in Sadar Bazar. As she delightfully feeds …
