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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'Smart dust'
Tiny silicon crystals that can line themselves up according to order may be a first step to making "smart dust" that could detect biological or chemical agents or disease causing microbes, U.S.
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Rats theory adds fuel to debate over cause of Sars outbreak
The World Health Organisation is studying new research that points to rattus rattus
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Narmada waters to check salinity ingress
More than 2,000 villages of Mehsana, Patan and Banaskantha district in North Gujarat will be partly relieved of health hazards caused by salinity ingress and fluoride content in water; following
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Long-term side effects threaten children who beat cancer
One of the greatest medical successes of the past 30 years has been the treatment of once-fatal childhood cancers. But families and doctors are discovering that, as more children survive their
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Tobacco industry tactics exposed by WHO advisor
An Advisor to the World Health Organization who spoke on identifying international activities of the tobacco industry explained how the industry obstructs the policy measures that governments take.
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Govt. of Australia to aid UNICEF project
The Government of Australia provided UNICEF with a total of 2.8 million Australian dollars to implement the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project undertaken with the Ministry of Health which was
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Action against toxic milk sellers sought
The Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP) has demanded of the authorities concerned to take measures to check the sale of toxic milk in Rawalpindi. The CRCP said the toxic raw milk and some
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Freed Pakistanis suffering from TB
Almost all the Pakistani prisoners freed by Afghanistan have been suffering from tuberculosis, according to Punjab chief minister's adviser on religious affairs Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Ashrafi. At a
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Blanket ban on sale of loose mustard oil
District Collector Anurag Jain has imposed a blanket ban on sale of loose mustard oil in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Directives for the ban have been issued and the Food and Drugs Administration
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U.S. cuts off financing for AIDS program, provoking furor
The State Department has discontinued financing for a small but well-regarded AIDS program for African and Asian refugees because it contends that one of the groups involved in the project supports