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• 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

  • 01/01/2029

  • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
  • • Health
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• DMA demands a gutkha-free Delhi

  Delhi Medical Association (DMA) today raised the demand for a gutkha-free Delhi. DMA has been collecting gutkha samples randomly. According to studies carried out by the organisation, gutkha contains

  • 08/12/2001

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• India has largest disabled population

  According to the findings of an ILO study circulated by the organisers, India has about 20 million disabled women. "India has the largest population of disabled persons in the world. Although

  • 08/12/2001

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Preventing the spread of AIDS

  AIDS continues to plague people. About two decades, after the first cases were discovered and detected, the disease has foxed the medical fraternity, which is struggling to find a vaccine and

  • 08/12/2001

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Alarming increase in heart patients

  Renowned cardiologist of the Madhya Pradesh state capital Dr. NP Mishra said that number of heart patients is increasing remarkably in the country. If no effective measures were taken to curb this

  • 06/12/2001

  • Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
  • • Health

• Court rules against Schering on Claritin patent protection

  A federal judge threw out Schering Plough Corp.'s legal defense of its patent on the blockbuster allergy drug Claritin. The ruling allows generic drug companies to begin selling cheap copies of the

  • 11/12/2001

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Goodbye to grey hair

  A drug normally used to treat an adult form of leukemia may be able to restore colour to grey hair, a team of French doctors reported. Of the 133 people they treated with the drug, sold under the

  • 09/12/2001

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• One died of dropsy in Chibramau, many others taken ill

  After eating adulterated mustard oil in Chibramau, Uttar Pradesh, dropsy disease has started showing its effect. Due to this, one woman died in Teacher's colony. She was being treated in Hallet

  • 04/12/2001

  • Dainik Jagran (Kanpur)
  • • Health

• Cases against 1697, notices served to 784 for mosquito breeding

  During the investigation on mosquito breeding in New Delhi, 784 persons were issued notices and against 1697 persons cases were filed. Giving this information Delhi's Health and Urban Development

  • 07/12/2001

  • Navbharat Times (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• New study suggests MMR link with autism

  New research which suggests a link between MMR vaccination and autism is likely to fuel the debate over the jab after it was published in the United States. The paper, published in the Journal of

  • 09/12/2001

  • • Health

• Now botox can calm that spasm

  Botulinum toxin A, marketed in the US under the name Botox, has proven effective in treating wrist and finger spasticity following a stroke, according to a study in the New England Journal of

  • 09/12/2001

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Health