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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Hormone aid tied to breast cancer death
A study of one million british women has found a higher death rate from breast cancer among those who took combination hormone therapy than those who did not use it or took estrogen alone.The study
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S Africa makes about-turn on tackling Aids
South Africa has reversed its policy on HIV/AIDS and is to develop a national treatment programme of antiretroviral drug therapy to fight the condition.The about-turn in a country with one of the
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Scientists must win public confidence
The loss of public confidence in science threatens to have serious health consequences in Britain. A study published yesterday showed that measles - virtually eradicated int he 1990s by the measles,
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Take heart, telemedicine in State poised to go beyond cardiology
After having scripted a success story in telemedicine with telecardiology, Karnataka is awaiting financial clearance to extend this streak to teleneuropsychiatry, telenephrology and telepaediatrics
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Polio eradication
New WHO Director-General Dr Lee Jong-Wook recently announced plans to rapidly step up the global effort to eradicate prolio, as the programme enters a critical phas. From the end of August to
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Conjunctivitis on the rise
Over 5,000 cases of eye flu or conjunctivitis have been reported in New Delhi over the past three days. Chief of Safdarjung Hospital's eye department KPS Mallik said almost half of the 100 patients
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Is that urea you are drinking
The Delhi government's health department is incapable of detecting lethal toxins, including urea and detergent in milk. Consider this fact in the light that a bulk of 20 lakh litres of milk sold
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No health hazards, say mobile makers
The WHO had spearheaded the global ban on tobacco, but data published by them on mobile phones state that reviews have not concluded that exposure to radiofrequenly fields from mobile phones or their
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Eye infection rapidly spreading in Frontier
As the viral conjunctivitis is fast spreading in the Frontier province, the health department has urged the general public to adopt preventive measures to be on the safe side from getting infected
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Copper May Play a Role in Alzheimer's
Their studies have only been done in rabbits so far but may raise important questions about how much copper is allowed into the water supply. Rabbits that drank distilled water did not develop an