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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Hospitals geared up for killer flu : Govt
The government reiterated its earlier claim that all hospitals in the country were beign kept ready if any case of killer flu, currently sweeping through 17 countries, were to reach here. However,
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Cause of kidney stones refuted
New research into the origin of kidney stone formation published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation may well change the direction of the most basic level of research in that area. The study,
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Govt wakes up to acute shortage of anaesthetists
A health care facility with a gynaecologist may not be enough to save the life of women who comes for the safe delivery of a women who comes for the safe delivery of her baby. An acute shortage of
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Clues to relationships between humans, microorganisms
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have completed sequencing the genome of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, one of the most prevalent bacteria that live in the human
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Fear of flu
India has finally woken up to the threat from SARS, the deadly virus that has killed over 60 people and infected at least 2,000 worldwide. The measures announced by the Centre are largely in the form
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Chandigarh issues red alert for flu
Chandigarh on Wedne-sday sounded a precautionary alert directing the health department to deal with an emergency arising from the possible spread of the mystery flu
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Stay away from HK, advises WHO
The damage from a deadly mystery disease escalated in Hong Kong on Wednesday as world health officials warned travellers to avoid the territory, where some contracted the illness and spread it to
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City incinerator coughs up a controversy
A thick layer of soot settles on the front door and tiny verandah of Sangeeta Khodke's home in Sewri's Dyaneshwar Nagar every time the municipality switches on its central bio-medical waste
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Vadodara village in grip of killer measles
The Health Department swung into action, rushing medical teams to Umraya village in Padra taluka 25 km form Vadodara, (Maharashtra) after the death of six children reportedly caused by measles.
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Wockhardt to sell human insulin by Sept.
Wockhardt Ltd expects to start selling insulin derived from humans in the country by September to gain a foothold in a market that is growing 50% a year. The company, which will be the first to make