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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NGOs forum to push anti-tobacco Bill
In an attempt to expedite the passage of the Tobacco Control Bill that is awaiting Parliamentary assent, an Advocacy Forum for Tobacco Control (AFTC) has been formed comprising a nodal group of
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Mobile teams to check malaria
Medical and Health Minister Mahendra Aridaman Singh mobile teams would be constituted and control rooms set up in every district in Uttar Pradesh to control malaria and other infectious
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SARS masks Delhi airport
Indian health authorities have finally woken up. As the death toll from SARS rises, authorities have finally issued safety masks to all customs and immigration authorities in Delhi and major
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HK hospitals brace for the worst
A WHO expert said on Monday the course of the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) appeared to be slowing at its source in southern China, while Hong Kong reported a spate of new cases.
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Cipla challenges GSK's Seretide patent in UK
Cipla, the country's second largest drug-meker by marketshare, has challenged a patent of one of Europe's largest pharma companies, GlaxoSmithKline, Plc, on a blockbuster asthma product in the UK .
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Coal mining causes health hazards in Jharkhand'
Coal mining in some parts of Jharkhand is creating health hazards and has resulted in almost 100 deaths over the past five years, says a survey. The deaths occurred due to the presence of heavy
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Breathing uneasy: TB continues to be a killer
Every day, Tuberculosis claims 1,053 lives in India, while 5,000 people contract it. Last year, there were around 4,00,000 deaths, most of which could have been prevented had DOTS been in place.
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Suspected SARS case in Mumbai
The first case of suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been admitted to Kasturba Hospital in the city. According to hospital sources, the patient, a 30 year old American woman
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Three more die of SARS
A deadly pneumonia-like virus has killed the ninth person in Canada and the number of people infected rose further, officials said. The public health authorities did not identify the latest victim of
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Women too at risk of heart disease death
A new study has found that women too have greater risk of dying from heart disease as men and at times even greater when they have diabetes. The researchers suggest a stress test which provides a