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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Dietary-aid marketers try to deflect criticism
Since the death last month of a Baltimore Orioles pitcher who had been taking ephedra, an over-the-counter dietary supplement advertised for weight loss and muscle gain, marketers have found
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Children need more health facilities
Children are the worst affected due to lack of healthcare facilities at the public sector hospitals in the NWFP (Pakistan). Paediatricians said that there were only 195 beds for children in periphery
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Moot on infectious diseases
In Pakistan the burden of infectious diseases is considerable yet not enough importance is attached to this discipline. There are less than ten trained experts who are working in this area. This was
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EPI may fail in improving health indicators
Health indicators and some measles cases show, rather strongly, that the nationwide Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) is likely to fail to bring about the desired results. According to three
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S African Aids policy protest
The South African government is bracing itself for weeks of disruption and political embarrassment as a civil disobedience campaign starts to protest against the ruling party's controversial Aids
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1.17 lakh tuberculosis patients treated
Over 1.17 lakh individuals suffering from tuberculosis have been treated in NCT of Delhi in the last five years. The death rate has declined from 25 per cent pre-1997 to 2.5 per cent in 2002. The
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Mystery illness extends its reach
A mysterious respiratory illness continued to spread, killing a sixth patient in Hong Kong as suspected new victims were reported throughout the world. The number of people infected in Hong Kong had
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Tap potential of medicinal plants: Kalam
The President, A.P.J. Kalam, called upon experts in the field of biotechnology to have greater interaction with practitioners of ayurveda, siddha and other traditional systems of medicine so that the
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Milk is must, but ensure the child gets enough iron
Various studies have shown that over 50 per cent of children between six months to three years of age suffer from varying degrees of iron deficiency anemia also known as nutrition anemia in India.
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Human genome author urges more R&D in acute diseases
Pharmaceutical companies across the world have come in for some harsh criticism from no less a man than Dr Craig Venter, touted to be the author of the human genome. "A leading pharma company had