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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Ranbaxy gets US nod for generic antibiotic drug
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd (RLL) on Wednesday said that it had received approval from the US-based regulatory authorities for its generic version of antibiotic Ofloxacin. The original patent holder for
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Goof-up alleged in testing of mid-day meal samples
Less than a week after over 20 children, studying in the MCD run school in Wazirabad, fell dizzy and vomited after eating cooked mid day meal, the NGO, which supplied the meal, has been given a clean
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Recharge to stem arsenic
Ground water resources in south Kolkata will have to be recharged to limit their depletion and stem the threat of arsenic contamination. Mr Nandagopal Bhattacharya, the minister for water
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Anti-polio campaign launched in Landi Kotal
After strenuous efforts made by the provincial health authorities, the EPI staff successfully launched an anti-polio campaign in some localities of tehsil Landi Kotal in Khyber Agency where the
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Framework for malaria warning system designed
A framework for malaria early warning system (MEWS) has been designed to predict the outbreak of the deadly disease at an early possible stage. This was stated Pakistan Minister for Health Mohammad
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Artificial heart muscle tested
Researchers are developing a "heart blanket" which could give patients with heart disease a better quality of life. The aim is to be able to give under performing hearts an extra boost as and when
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Family Health Officers fight shy of immunization
The Family Health Officers (FHOs) have decided to pull out of the Measles Catch-up Immunization programme which began on Monday and concludes in October, as a form of trade union protest. The
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Rights of patients over patents
The Third World got a life saving blood transfusion over the weekend when the World Trade Organisation finally agreed to give billions of people regular access to good quality drugs at affordable
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Indians prone to cardiac attacks: WHO
Over 40% of heart attacks occur in people without any previous cardiac complain, noted cardiac surgeon Dr Ashwin B Mehta said. Dr Mehta added that most of these people remain unaware of the impending
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SARS virus linked to animals
The virus that infects humans with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is slightly different from one found in wild animals sold in China for food, but close enough to suggest the disease jumped from