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
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More effective allergy vaccine to be available soon: expert
The allergy vaccine available in the market today will be replaced by a new and improved formula in near future, Dr Shahid Abbas, a Pakistan allergy specialist said. He said a very tiny quantity -
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Quarantine clamp on killer virus
Airline pilots entering Australia will have to declare sick passengers under a quarantine clampdown as the killer SARS virus spreads panic around the world. As the death toll reached 62 and
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Strategy to check mosquitoes soon
Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh said that an effective strategy would be evolved for controlling mosquitoes and malaria. In this connection, a meeting of the state
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Scientists step up research into bat rabies
Scientists are stepping up tests to establish whether a form of rabies found in bats has become endemic in Britain and poses a risk to human health. A programme to check live bats in Scotland, which
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The wealth and the health
The lack of a national health policy, as spotlighted has created a sick giant with a multitude of ailments and misconceptions in Sri Lanka. One of the tertiary misconceptions is the manner in which
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Monitor panel for pulse polio
Alarmed at the increasing reports of polio cases from the Calcutta city and the districts, the West Bengal state government has formed an expert committee, comprising health department staff and
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No SARS in TN, just a typhus on the prowl
Doctors in a small town two hours from Chennai are trying to catch a little attention about an infection called typhus, which, if untreated, could end in death. Dr Elizabeth Mathai, Professor of
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High incidence of diabetes in rural areas
At least one in every 20 persons living in rural areas of the Tamil Nadu state suffer form diabetes and an equal number of them suffer form cardiac diseases, according to the Directorate of Public
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Contingency plan to thwart killer virus
The Gujarat state health department held an emergency meeting in Gandhinagar on Tuesday to thrash out a contingency plan to thwart any breaking out of pneumonia virus that has claimed 62 lives across
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Diabetes on the rise in children
Over 50 per cent diabetics remain unaware of the fact that they are suffering from this disease. This lack of awareness is specially high among the affected children. The Delhi Diabetes Research