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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New contact lenses may help treat eye diseases
Eye diseases such as glaucoma could be easier and safer to treat with a new kind of medicated contact lens being developed that could make eye drops obsolete, US based researchers
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Govt role in tackling TB no good, experts
Medical experts criticized the government for its failure to check the spread of TB. They said that the DOTS programme for TB eradication started by the government has failed and stressed the
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Doctors test life-saving liver machine
British doctors are testing the world's first artificial liver machine which could save thousands of lives a year. The device, about the size of a washing machine, cleans a patient's blood of toxins
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Global health fund must be accountable activists demand
The Global Health Fund encourages Indians to ask questions about how its $140 million grant to India is being spent, the organization's Geneva-based director Dr Richard Feechem said health activists
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Four States share honours in TB control
A report card grading each State on its effectiveness in controlling tuberculosis was issued by a coalition of health advocates. The report card was presented in conjunction with World TB Day events
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India home to largest number of TB patients
India accounts for one-third of the tuberculosis population in the world making it the home to the largest number of tuberculosis-affected people on the globe. But despite the gravity of the menace
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City has no defence against deadly Asian virus
Earlier this month, two travelers from south-east Asia returned home to Canada, infectd by a deadly virus that soon took their lives. While the most developed nations have stepped up contingency
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One anthrax bomb can kill 100,000
An anthrax bomb or missile aimed at a city the size of New York could kill more than 120,000 people even if every victim received treatment, experts warn. Researchers used a computer model to predict
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Killer virus now catches up with hospital chief
Hong Kong'S hospital chief has been hospitalised with symptoms of pneumonia, fuelling fears that a killer respiratory virus could be spreading faster in the territory of nearly seven million people
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Govt allots land for CCMB biosafety lab
The Andhra Pradesh Government has agreed to give 5-acres of land adjacent to the upcoming office complex of the transnational corporation, GE, near Uppal for the national Biocontainment facility. The