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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Resistance to gonorrhoea drug grows
A drug used to fight one of Britain's fastest growing and most infectious sexually transmitted diseases has been rendered powerless to treat thousands of patients, contributing to the disease's
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Scientists break code for SARS
Scientists in Canada have broken the genetic code of the virus suspected of causing severe acute respiratory syndrome. Sequencing the genome - which computers at the British Columbia Cancer Agency
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E.P.A. orders companies to examine effects of chemicals
Scientists and regulators are raising concerns about the potential health and environmental effects of an important family of industrial chemicals. Those concerns were highlighted when the
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Stem cell transplants offer new hope in some cases of blindness
A little-known operation restores hope for people who lose sight from chemical or heat burns of the eye or certain rare diseases. The procedure, 50 to 100 percent effective in healing corneal
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Punjab police gear up to prevent SARS
Besides the State Health Department, Punjab Police has also become active for the prevention of outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) disease. Police sources said the Additional
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China starts emergency research
China, considered the epicentre of the deadly atypical pneumonia epidemic worldwide, has launched an emergency research programme to combat the disease that has claimed over 140 lives globally. The
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Now clothes go herbal!
Have a skin problem, a shirt dyed in turmeric could give you some respite. After herbal medicines and herbal cosmetics its now the turn of clothes which are all set to don the herbal colour as
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Sars 'not under control', Hong Kong chief admits
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's chief executive, held a rare meeting with Hu Jintao, the Chinese president, at the weekend to discuss the regional outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) as
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Too crowded for comfort: SARS thrives on Hong Kong petri dish
The Hong Kong city's densely packed high-rise housing blocks may be a key reason a lethal strain of pneumonia is spreading faster here than in other urban areas affected by the disease. Outside
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Scientists crack Sars gene
Scientists have taken an important step towards treating and preventing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(Sars) after Canadian and American researchers said they had broken the genetic sequence of