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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CJD alert over health records
Rules on keeping medical and dental records need to be changed so that scientists can assess the risks of people having been accidentally exposed to long-incubating diseases, government advisers have
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US government bans lead in candle wicks
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said it was banning lead wicks in candles because of health risks, but consumer groups said this week the agency should have acted sooner. Putting lead in
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Asia faces increasing isolation because of deadly disease
Asian countries battling the spread of a deadly respiratory disease today faced increasing international isolation as visa restrictions were tightened for their citizens, top officials from other
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After the outbreak
The outbreak at Amoy Gardens of SARS
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Cancer cases may rise in developing world
Global cancer cases could jump by 50% during the next two decades, mainly because of aging populations, increasing tobacco use in developing countries and unhealthy diets, warns a new report
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No need to panic over Sars: Swaraj
Union Health Minister Sushma Swaraj said India was doing everything it could to insulate itself from the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome(Sars). Confirming that no case of Sars had
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SARS virus identified
Scientists said that they had identified the virus behind the deadly respiratory illness spreading worldwide and proposed naming it after a doctor who first identified the disease and later became a
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Workers continue to live with silicosis, tuberculosis
Pressed into service for building a "growing city", construction workers at Lal Kuan oon the outskirts of Delhi have been paying a heavy price for trying to make an honest living. While many
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Five mysterious deaths in week, tribals panic
The deaths of five persons over a week in Dadra & Nagar Haveli have led tribals here to fear an outbreak of a mysterious disease. However, District Collector Vijay Kumar has denied any pattern in the
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Fighting TB worldwide
Ten years ago, the World Health Organisation declared a Global Emergency to battle the resurgent epidemic of tuberculosis. The international community is making steady headway, but "steady" is too