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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Halting breast cancer trial
Are scientists engaging in ethical over kill when they stop a clinical trial early so all women can benefit quickly form the findings? That disturbing possibility was raised by the decision in the
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Drug development costs cheaper in India : Rabo
Indian pharmaceutical companies can leverage their skills in process development to focus on analogue research, combinatorial chemistry, chiral chemistry new drug delivery systems and phyto medicine.
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Old mosquito theory holds no water
Jon Chase, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University, has found that the previous year's drought is the cause of high mosquito populations in wetlands the following
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Say yes to fire-crackers to control dengue
Say yes to firecrackers to get rid of mosquitoes and the dreaded dengue! This seems to be the new ''mantra'' of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, particularly its Health Department, which is busy
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Poor India's diseases provide test bed for rich man's drugs
Western pharmaceutical groups eye big savings in clinical trials but ethical question surround research on illiterate patients. The reality of clinical trails
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Typhoid cases on the rise in city
Typhoid is witnessing a spurt in many Guwahati city areas with a number of people, especially children, getting treatment at various hospitals and nursing homes since the last couple of months. The
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Asbestos firms, insurers agree to fund
Asbestos companies and insurers have agreed to divide the cost of a $114 billion fund to compensate people sickened by asbestos, in a deal aimed at jump-starting legislation on Capitol Hill, Senate
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Provinces directed to ensure epidemic warning system
The Pakistan government has asked the provinces to ensure early disease-warning system for detecting and controlling epidemics of different ailments. An official source that the federal government
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'Vitamin-A deficiency causes blindness'
Ten to 20 per cent of children under the age of five years in Pakistan are reported to be suffering from vitamin-A deficiency (VAD), said a Unicef report. The deficiency, attributed to consumption
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Outbreak of viral fever kills four in Haripur
The outbreak of high degree viral fever has been reported in various parts of district Haripur. (Pakistan). The disease, called Dungeo fever comontl which first spread by a specie of mosquito in