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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The reality of fake drugs: Death in a pill
Look before you pop that pill... there is a distinct possibility that it is spurious. Here are the facts. One in every four drugs sold in Delhi is believed to be spurious. According to the WHO, 35
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Stress on malnutrition free Tamil Nadu
Registration of pregnancies should be complete so that nutritional status of both the mother and child could be followed carefully, speaking at a meeting to inaugurate Nutrition Week said. At a
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Waste burning, a health hazard at Pallikaranai
Residents of Mylai Balaji Nagar, Pallikaranai, Tamil Nadu were a happy lot, when they were relocated from their huts in the city to the area seven years ago. But, they face severe health problems
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WHO officials praise polio eradication drive
The WHO officials have appreciated the commitment of the Governor of Sindh (Pakistan) in the polio eradication campaign in the province. WHO sees a good future for the polio eradication campaign
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Children at high risk from ozone decline, UN Says
Two United Nations agencies warned that children are most at risk of developing skin cancers as a result of the long-term decline in the earth's protective ozone layer. The agencies, the World
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Fear returns
A suspected new Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome case in Singapore underscores concern that the disease may resurface in force this autumn. Just as Asia started getting back to business after the
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Anti retroviral therapy for AIDS victims begins
With the launch of the medical project named Initiative Hope (IH), 40 people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) started receiving Anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy under close medical supervision in
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Ranbaxy gets USFDA nod to market 'Panixine'
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has announced that it has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market its branded 'Panixine DisperDose' tablets (Cephalexin tablets for oral
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Sweet turns sour: Worms in chocolates
This is another sweet story turning sour. Several samples of Dairy Milk chocolate bars (25 g and 13 g) tested at Pune-based Public Health Laboratory (PHL) have been found to contain living worms. The
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Medics busy with polio, malaria stings Rajasthan
Three hours away from the place where Congress chief Sonia Gandhi talked of CM Ashok Gehlot's