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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Diabetes drugs may affect heart
Two popular drugs used to treat type-2 diabetes can cause fluid buildup and heart failure in some patients, US doctors said. The drugs, sold under the brand names Avandia and Actos, caused heart
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SARS not to hurt Singapore much
A return of SARS will cast a pall over Singapore's economy but analysts say signs of a global rebound, particularly in its main export markets, mean the island state won't be as affected as earlier
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IISC scientists develop India's first transgenic green mouse
Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science have developed a "transgenic fluorescent protein" found in jelly fish that could be a model for conducting future cell transplantation
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Government forms panel on tele-medicine
With a view to bring uniformity in the practice of tele-medicine in the country, the government set up a technical working group on tele-medicine standardisation. Various organisations including
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Orissa doctors claim new diagnosis method for TB
The 'Widal' test for diagnosis of typhoid fever can also be utilised for diagnosis of active tuberculosis infection, a team of doctors from Orissa have claimed. According to Dr Narayan Mishra,
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SARS alert in Singapore after man tests positive
Singapore apprehended that the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus might have reappeared with a patient testing positive after preliminary diagnosis at the Singapore general hospital. If
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HIV infection on the rise in colonies
The spectre of HIV appears to loom extra large over several residential colonies in Delhi with a recent survey confirming a sharp rise in the density of HIV positive cases in these areas. A sample
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11 S-E Asian nations to fight tobacco jointly
The 11 countries of the South-East Asian region with a 1.5 billion population have agreed to come together in fighting tobacco which is viewed as a major health threat, bigger than even some
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'Combined infections' plague patients
The Ahmedabad city is in the throes of peculiar forms of viral and bacterial infections which manifest in a combined form. Doctors report increasingly that patients coming in with a combination of
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EU nations eye Netherlands move to sell cannabis
The move by Netherlands this week to start selling cannabis as a prescription drug to seriously ill patients is being closely watched by other European countries. The UK, Belgium and Luxembourg were