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
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
The 'Salem Initiative,' adopted by the Tamil Nadu government to tackle female infanticide, for which this district is notorious, has started throwing up positive signals. The mortality rate for
Researchers at a Japanese university have developed a possible vaccine for malaria and plan to begin safety tests on laboratory animals next month, a professor who heads the team said. "It could
It is not difficult to figure out why a majority of people older than 50 put off going to the doctor for a colonoscopy. First, on the day before the procedure, patients must drink large amounts of a
Germany has angered its European allies by throwing in doubt European Union support for the World Health Organisation's Convention for Tobacco Control, due to be signed this month in Geneva. The
AstraZeneca received US regulatory approval for limited use of Iressa, its controversial experimental cancer drug, as a last resort treatment in some lung cancer patients. The US Food and Drug
Tamil Nadu decides to streamline the implementation of the transplantation of the Human Organs Act, 1994, but the proposed measures may be
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has done enough so far to help itself to the status of the first global epidemic of the millennium. That is why, every time you hear about another Sars death,
Even as the SARS virus arrives in India, with the first case being reported from Goa, laboratories under the WHO continue to explore ways to counter the rapidly spreading
Believe it or not, 60 per cent of cancer patients in Assam invite the dreaded disease on themselves, says Dr. A Kataki, director of B Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI). He said that the changing
Uttar Pradesh accounts for 64 per cent of the polio cases reported worldwide, but its Chief Minister, Mayawati is honoured with the Rotary International award for her "outstanding personal