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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SARS is down, not out: WHO
The World Health Organisation warned governments around the globe to keep up their guard against the deadly SARS virus although the disease appeared to be waning. "We are telling health authorities
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32 kids die of bronchopneumonia
The mystery fever which has claimed 32 children's lives in Murshidabad district of West Bengal in the past one week, was today diagnosed by a team of medical experts as bronchopneumonia. District
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Natco Pharma launches anti-cancer drug
Natco Pharma Ltd (NPL), the Hyderabad-based company, has launched an anti-cancer drug, zoledronic acid, in the injection form, under the brand name Zoldonat. In a press release here, the company said
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Raw broccoli 'best' to fight cancer
For many borccoli is bad enough boiled. But if you want to get the best from the vegetable, you need to eat it raw, it is claimed. Scientists found chewing the broccoli releases a powerful
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Life of thousands of heart patients at risk
The life of thousand of heart patients in Nepal is at great risk as a very important preventive injection for rheumatic heart disease, Pencillin G Benzathine has disappeared from the market for over
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World Health Assembly adopts historic tobacco control pact
The 192 members of the World Health Organisation, has unanimously adopted the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) aimed at curbing tobacco-related deaths and disease. This is the first
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Herbal remedies
A nearly 3000 year old malady that affects 300 million to 500 million people and claims two to three million lives, annually world over. Caused by parasites which belong to the genus Plasmodium.
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Website on cleaner production
PharmaCP.com, a website dedicated to promoting cleaner production in the pharmaceutical industry was launched in the City today. Developed by Erin Consultants Private Limited and supported by the
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Dysentry, viral fever spreading in Badarpur areas
Many people have been affected by severe dysentery and viral fever which have spread throughout Badarpur town and its village areas, in Assam, for the last one and a half months. Diseases like
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Faster drug reviews urged to fight obesity
Mark McClellan, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said he wants to apply a fast-track review process, normally reserved for drugs for terminal cancer and AIDS patients, to drugs