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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Health authorities to conduct viral study
Sri Lankan health authorities will conduct a viral study on the impending viral flu which is fast spreading specially among schoolchildren. The study is to be conducted by the Medical Research
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Congress asks Babu to quit for failing to check fever deaths
The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee sought the resignations of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and Health Minister Kodela Sivaprasada Rao for 'failing to contain the killer viral fever' which
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Unusual symptoms in viral flu, children main victims
A viral flu doing the rounds these days was described by health authorities as showing "Unusual symptoms" in patients, increasing the number of patients seeking OPD treatment at the Lady Ridgeway
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Hair-loss drug prevents prostate cancer
A drug used to combat male baldness and shrink benign prostate glands also prevents prostate cancer, says a new Pakistan government-sponsored study. Men who took finasteride for seven years had a 25
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Mysterious fever identified
Prof AK Datta, senior paediatrician at Kalavati Saran children's hospital, New Delhi, identified the mysterious disease, which claimed the lives of many children in Andhra Pradesh state as 'acute
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Arsenic in Kolkata water
The most disturbing element in Kolkata's water supply has been the presence of high content of arsenic in water. The irony is that the presence of arsenic has been noted in the water that comes from
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NGOs urged to help control population
The Karachi provincial population welfare minister, Imtiaz Ahmad Shaikh, has expressed hope that active cooperation between government and non-governmental organizations would help checking rising
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New W.H.O. chief plans training program to fight epidemics
The World Health Organization will train a cadre of young epidemiologists to battle outbreaks like SARS, emulating a program that has long helped the United States play a leadership role in public
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Orissa gastro deaths
At least seven people, including six children, have died of gastroenteritis in Haripur village of Gajam district in Orissa during the last
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Aventis launches once-a-day basal insulin
Aventis Pharma Ltd today launched a once a-day basal insulin, Lantus for better diabetic management. The drug will be available in 10-milli litre vial for an introductory price of Rs 2,499. Lantus is