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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Measles vaccination round two in Sept
The Epidemiology unit of the Health Ministry is to launch the catch-up round of Measles-Rubella vaccination (MRV) programme for children and young adults aged between 10 to 19 years to prevent future
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Stringent new rules on Aids proposed by China
China's health ministry is drafting tough regulations on Aids to clarify the legal responsibility of local authorities to treat patients and prevent officials covering up the spread of the
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Study reveals new ways to treat and prevent heart attacks
US researchers said they had found a key mechanism involved when cholesterol clogs arteries, and said it may open up a whole new way to treat and prevent heart attacks and stroke. Drugs first
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Look how govt checks drugs
You thought you couldn't gulp down that Pepsi or Coke? Now, think twice before popping a pill or crunching from a bag of chips. Eat this: Of the 40,000 drugs manufactured in the metropolis and the
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Haryana Govt. to launch healthcare campaign
The Haryana Government will launch a special campaign for the health check-up of schoolchildren, the Chief Minsiter, Om Prakash Chautala, said while addressing a public meeting after inaugurating the
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No drug twins', get only what doc orders
Dr C.M.Gulati, a former drug expert with WHO and Editor of the Monthly Index of Medical Sciences points out that the Trade Mark Act clearly states that no two names can be phonetically similar. Names
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Population panle plans pilot projects in private hospitals
The National Commission on Population is launching pilot pojects to provide maternal, child health and contraception services through public-private partnership in high growth areas. The Commissiion
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Healthcare scheme for villages
The Punjab Government is launching a unique healthcare scheme under which it will provide modern diagnositc facilities to people living in remote, inaccessible and far-flung rural areas of the
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Drug to clear arteriral clots?
US researchers said they had found a key mechanism involved when cholesterol clogs arteries, and said it may open up a whole new way to treat and prevent heart attacks and
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Water watchdog in arsenic fight
Alarmed at the high arsenic count in areas dotted with multi-storeyed buildings in Calcutta, the West Bengal government has set up a water watchdog. The Arsenic Task Force (ATF), the result of a