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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Skewed priorities
The draft document on Reproductive Health and Family Planning, prepared by the Department of Family Welfare, focusses only on family planning and ignores the large issues of reproductive and child
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Politics is a health 'hazard'
Being a politician can be hazardous to health, an expert in the Austrian city of Linz has warned. "They're burning up their bodies' said physician Gerald Wolfschuetz . Campaigning politicians were
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In Africa, a new hope in fighting malaria
The World Health Organisation and a group of major multinational companies have begun production in Africa of a new kind of insect-repellent plastic that disease experts said could have a major
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Scientists defend gene trials
About 1,500 French scintists have signed a petition demanding an end to the destruction of genetically modified crop trials, organizers of the petition said. Almost half the experimental fields of
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NICD team reaches Shimla, mystery fever toll rises to 11
A team of doctors from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has landed in Shimla to ascertain the cause of a mystery fever that has caused a scare here. The four member team is led
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Healthcare plan for Haryana poor
The Haryana government is negotiating with the Centre for getting financial support for a scheme to offer primary health care services to the urban poor. A meeting was held between officials of the
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India has 50 m carriers of Hepatitis B
Liver diseases are among the most important causes of serious illness and are responsible for death of patients between 20 and 50 years the most productive part of human life. India ranks among the
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FDA suspends sale of Bisleri water
The Maharashtra state Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has suspended the production and sale of Bisleri drinking water after detecting some irregularities at its Andheri factory.
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20 die of leptospirosis in S Gujarat
At least 20 people have died of leptospirosis and 40 others affected by the disease in Surat, Navsari and Valsad districts of South Gujarat. State Health Secretary S K Nanda said that 177 patients in
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HP mystery fever claims 5 more, toll reaches 18
Five more persons fell prey to the mystery fever at the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC), Shimla, taking the death roll to 18 this year. Five more patients admitted to the IGMC were