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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100 Dengue cases reported
Around 100 cases of Dengue have been reported from different parts of the Capital. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided take serious action against the people not adhering to
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AIDS bares fangs in Uttaranchal
Today, urban migration and ignorance is leading young men to dark dingy nether world of AIDS, contracted in the bright lights of the big cities. Once struck, they return home to the sublime calm of
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Mysterious fever diagnosed as scrub typhus
The National Institute of Communicable Disease has finally confirmed that the mysterious fever, which would not be diagnosed for four years, is scrub typhus, a disease of the rickettsial group caused
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Measles outbreak sickens 720 in Marshall Islands
Perhaps as many as 720 people have developed measles in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and three have died from it, in a continuing outbreak that began in mid July, U.S. health officials say.
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Deceptive abortion law
It now looks likely that in the coming weeks President Bush will sign into law a ban on so called partial birth abortion, thereby culminating a long campaign of deception. The measure, which has been
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130 dengue cases in city
The growing number of dengue cases in the city, about 130 so far, has exposed the laxity of the health authorities in taking preventive measures. While officials of the Delhi government's health
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First gene tied to stroke risk discovered
Researchers in Iceland say they have discovered the first gene that underlies common forms of stroke, a disease that affects more than 600000 people a year in the United States. People with a
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New hope for cancer vaccine
Researchers in the United States, have developed a vaccine they hope will stop or slow the spread of one of the deadliest cancers, their director told a conference in Denmark. Robert Maki, a
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Polio strikes as State drive limps
Even as the nation carried out another round of polio immunisation, health authorities have expressed concern over the re-emergence of the virus in Karnataka, a state that has been reporting zero
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Countries receive a low score from the U.N. in fight against AIDS
The first report card on the United Nation's two-year-old commitment to defeat AIDS gives the world's countries generally low marks in their efforts to overcome ignorance about the disease and