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
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Towards an unhealthy world
With fast food companies thriving on the young consumer segment and nutrition-less junk like colas, burgers, chips and chocolates easily available everywhere, the incidence of malnutrition, obesity
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Drugs of death
The Centre should waste no time in accepting the recommendations of the Mashelkar Committee which has mooted death for sellers of spurious drugs. India has the dubious distinction of being the
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Indian herb fails cholesterol test
Guggulipid, a natural extract often favoured by the health-conscious as an alternative to manufactured drugs in lowering cholesterol has turned out to be no more effective than a placebo in clinical
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Astra wins nod for cholesterol drug
Astrazeneca Plc has won the US Food and Drug Administration approval for its Crestor cholesterol-lowering drug, increasing competition for the world's top-selling medicine, Pfizer Inc's
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New cure for high-altitude sickness
The Ladakh-based High Altitude Medical Research Centre ( HAMRC) has developed a new treatment modality to cntrol high-altitude sickness using "a gas mixture" for the treatment of high-altitude
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India should shift from 'food security' to 'nutrition security'
India needs to shift its focus from 'food security' to 'nutrition security', stress food experts. India is stalked by 'hidden hunger' caused by the lack of access to a balanced diet, clean drinking
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Opposition disputes claim of cleaner hospitals
The number of hospitals in England with top ratings for cleanliness and food standards has more than doubled in the last year, the government said. But Conservatives and Liberal Democrats said they
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AIDS bomb ticks in Andhra Pradesh
It's official. Andhra Pradesh has the most promiscuous society with adults engaging in sex with non-regular partners more than anywhere else in the country. Nineteen per cent of men and seven per
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Dolpa under the menace of diarrhoea
The surge up of diarrhoea in Dolpa district(Nepal) within the few days has claimed one life while afflicting hundreds. Unfortunately there is only one primary threatment centre in the entire region.
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IMA claims fall flat as EU bans Nimesulide
There is another twist in the nimesulide tale that negates the claims of drug manufacturers and even the Indian Medical Association about the safety of the medicine. The European Medicine Evaluation