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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Stem cell implants could save limbs
Injecting patients' own stem cells into their leg muscles could create new blood vessels, eliminating pain from bad circulation and helping to prevent gangrene or the amputation of feet or legs, new
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Polio mop-up rounds in 27 more districts
The Minister for Medical, Health and Family Welfare, Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh, said that pulse polio mop-up round would be launched in 27 selected districts of Uttar Pradesh between August 5 and
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Best for the baby
The first totally literate State in the country has added another feather to its cap. Kerala has been declared the first baby-friendly state in the world under the WHO-UNICEF sponsored Baby Friendly
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Apollo beams
India's telemedicine dream came true early this year when Apollo Hospitals roped in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to provide satellite links to its branches. Thanks to the facility
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ICMR grants Rs 7 crore for Himachal Pradesh
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has sanctioned a sum of Rs 7 crore for the development of cancer control infrastructure in Himachal Pradesh state, said Health minister J.P. Nadda while
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303 cases of cancer in one year
A total of 303 cases of cancer were reported in the Government Rajindra Hospital in Patiala, Punjab during the year 2001. Stating this Dr. Manjit S. Bal, Professor and Head of the Department of
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India on its way to diabetic hotspot by 2020
Almost 3.5 crore Indians are diabetic. And if the current trend continues, India would be the diabetic hotspot of the world by 2020, states a World Health Organisation report. Urban pressures, poor
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Palestinians declare health emergency
The Palestinian health minister declared a state of emergency after a study commissioned by the US foreign aid agency found a more than threefold increase in the number of young Palestinian children
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Deadly germ found in municipal arts centre
The bacteria that causes legionnaires' disease has been found in a water treatment plant at a municipal arts and civic centre in the Cumbrian town experiencing one of Britain's worst outbreaks of the
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Novartis in warning over South Korea
Novartis is at the heart of a bitter dispute between the international pharmaceuticals industry and the South Korean government over drug pricing. The Swiss company has warned that South Korean