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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Living in a hot zone
The pathology department at the university of Hong Kong is one of the few places on earth where you can stare death in the face. In the department's lab, a transmission electron microscope capable of
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Killer flu fear grips the world
As scientists scramble to unravel the mystery of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a sense of crisis is spreading even faster then the illness itself. People in Hong Kong are buying surgical
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Leading from the front in war against AIDS
With AIDS taking epidemic proportions in the rest of the country, a village in Punjab is fast emerging a role model with regard to steps taken to counter it. There have been 11 suspected AIDS deaths
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CM push for pulse polio vaccination
The West Bengal chief minister appealed to the public to come forward and help the state government achieve 100 per cent polio vaccination target. The chief minister said that among the developing
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Post-measles syndrome baffles doctors too
The death of six children at Umaya, just 25 km from Vadodara, (Gujarat) is a manifestation of severe disease gnawing the villagers
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Policy drafted to allow medical practice patents
An advisory panel to the economy, (Japan) trade and industry minister examining a patent system for medical practices compiled a draft policy that would allow some advanced medical technologies to be
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Study: Flu shots prevent heart disease, strokes in elderly
Flu shots may do more for the elderly than fend off the flu bug
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Drug offers hope for late-stage Alzheimer's
An experimental drug may slow down the inexorable progress of late-stage Alzheimer's disease, two studies suggest this week. The results hold out the hope that the drug, memantine, will prove
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24 health centres lying closed
At least 24 health facilities in Hyderabad district (Pakistan) have remained non-functional or semi-functional for the last many years for want of the 'Summary for New Establishments ,' including