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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Complaints and support for diet pill at congressional hearing
A nurse who used to work for Metabolife International, the country's largest seller of weight-loss pills containing the stimulant ephedra, told a House subcommittee that he had taken 5 to 10 calls a
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Study of colleges sritical of antidrinking drives
Campaigns to curb drinking on college campuses that play on the urge to conform
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Bill to ease imports of less expensive drugs gains in house
A bill that would make it easier for Americans to import inexpensive prescription medicines from Canada and Europe is gathering support among some Republicans in the House of Representatives,
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A fast-dimming bright spot on the AIDS map of Africa
Toss a dart at a map of sub-Saharan Africa and wherever it lands the news is bound to be grim on the AIDS front. With an estimated 30 million people living with H.I.V., the picture is especially
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Health freaks turn to organic food
The term 'organic' is used for food in growing which chemical pesticides or fungicides have not been used. Since such farming methods lead to relatively low yields, these farm products have a higher
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EU smoking ban throws up much fire
Counselling sessions,self help groups and nicotine chewing gum and patcheson prescription are to be provided by the European Commission to encourage thousands of its officials to give up
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BIS action against water-bottling unit
The Bureau of Indian Standards has ordered action against a water bottling unit in Ghaziabad after it was found to be using the ISI mark fraudulently during a raid
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Premature babies and pollution
A study by St Stephen Hospital and AIIMS revealed that there is a link between the birth of premature babies and high pollution levels, leading to risk of having low birth weight (LBW) babies, Lok
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Even 2-yr-olds now suffer stress
Stress is no longer affecting only adults. Bangalore's leading psychiatrists and mental health professionals have diagnosed children, some of whom are just two years old, with symptoms of
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GCRI develops Ayurvedic cure for leukaemia
The Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute (GCRI), Ahmedabad, has recently undertaken research to find alternative medicine for acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APML), a type of blood cancer. Ranjitsinh