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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Malaria resurfacing nation wide : Study
With about 18.3 million people residing in areas at risk of malaria infection in 66 districts all over Nepal, a government study warned that malaria was re-emerging and stressed on the need to roll
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WHO warns of polio epidemic in North East
The World Health Organisation has warned that the country's Northeast region could see largescale polio infection unless urgent immunisation measures are taken, officials said. Health officials said
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Healthcare should be on political agenda: Vajpayee
Expressing concern over the increase in HIV/AIDS patients in the country, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, called on all parties to include health issues in their political agenda. In his inaugural address
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Officials worried over Jalpaiguri malaria deaths
With malaria claiming 59 lives in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district this year, the district authorities and the health department are closely monitoring the situation to prevent spread of the
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Government mulls guidelines for hospitals
After it became embroiled in the bottled water controversy, the government is now thinking of issuing a set of guidelines to which all medical institutions in the country will have to conform to. The
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Coffee protects against cirrhosis: Study
Drinking three or more cups of coffee a day can almost halve the risk of cirrhosis of the liver, according to a new study in Norway. The protective effect applies even among alcohol drinkers, whose
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Zeltia cancer drug is rejected
The European Medicines Evaluation Agency rejected an application to approve Yondelis, a controversial cancer treatment developed by Zeltia, a Spanish biotechnology company. Zeltia was last night
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Six lakh new AIDS cases since last yr: NACO study
Instead of a point estimate regarding the number of HIV positive people in the country, the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has come out with a range estimate. According to the estimate
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Improving inexpensive drugs
A bill that would allow the import of inexpensive prescription drugs from Canada, Europe and other advanced nations is making its way through Congress. As American consumers have come to learn, the
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House approves a smaller measures of $2 billion for AIDS
Two weeks after President George W. Bush toured Africa with promises of vast increases in spending on global AIDS, the House of Representatives approved a spending measure that would bring total