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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Flourishing eatery serves food as medicine
A range of ailments from diabetes, heart complications, arthritis and piles to obesity, constipation, blood pressure, water retention etc can be cured or checked if one switches to a healthy diet.
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9-yr-old gets new life
Nine-year-old Aarti had lost hope of entering her teens after her liver disease assumed life-threatening proportions. But thanks to a successful liver transplant, this Class III student is looking
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Infant food adverts banned from 1 Nov.
The Central government will impose a ban on advertising for infant milk substitutes and other infant foods in all forms of media - print, electronic, and Internet - from 1 November.This ban is aimed
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Two-child norm
The Supreme Court struck a blow for common sense when they upheld the Haryana government's decision to disallow anyone with more than two living children from holding specified elected posts in
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Million hit by deadly snail fever
With the public health system still reeling from the SARS outbreak, Beijing is facing a new epidemic. Acute schistosomiasis, or snail fever, has infected close to a million Chinese, experts warned.
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5,000deaths from heat in France called 'plausible'
France's embattled health minister said Monday tht it was "plausible" that up to 5,000 people had died from the effects of the withering heat wave this month.Facing calls for his resignation over the
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U.S. gives $116 million to improve health care
The United States on Monday announced a new health grant of $116 million to Pakistan, a key ally in the campaign against on terror.The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Nancy Powell, and Waqar Masood
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Vaccinating Americans
Although few measures buy as much health for the money as vaccination, American's vaccine system is troubled. Millions of people cannot afford immunizations. In recent years, some vaccines have run
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60 blood banks to come up in govt hospitals
Minister for medical, health and family welfare Dr Kodela Siva Prasada rao on Monday said the government would soon set up 60 blood banks in various government hospitals in Andhra
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Hunger, cholera hit a dwindling tribe
Two years ago, hungry and starved, a group of Pahari Korbas