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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CM for commercial exploitation of medicinal plants
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has stressed the need for promoting cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants in a big way for commercial exploitation of this vast potential
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Four thousand malaria patients found in Kurunegala
Around 40,000 malaria patients were identified in 2002. The Anti-Malaria Campaign (Sri Lanka) says it has been able to curb the spread of malaria to a satisfactory level. Its consultant Dr. Punsiri
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Cancer detection centre to offer discount on mammograms
The Ceylinco Cancer Detection Centre will distribute over 100,000 pink ribbons in Colombo and suburbs next month as part of a massive breast cancer awareness campaign. The campaign will be held in
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California court to decide on IBM cancer suit
The first of about 250 worker health lawsuits filed against IBM across the country reaches a critical juncture in a California court this month, when a judge rules on whether to let the case of four
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W.H.O. declaring crisis, plans a big push with AIDS drugs
Saying that the failure to deliver AIDS drugs to impoverished people is so grave that it has become a global health emergency, the World Health Organization plans to provide such drugs to three
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Bill gates donates $168 million to fight malaria
The world's richest man donated $168 million to fight malaria, and urged the world to intensify its battle against a disease which kills more than one million people a year, mainly in Africa. "It's
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3rd year in Himachal: Typhus claims 19
Though the mystery behind the mystery fever has now been unravelled, it continues to grip pockets of half of the 12 districts of Himachal Pradesh and has claimed 19 lives this year, adding upto 36 in
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Herbal drug approved by Maharashtra FDA
Veronica Laboratories Ltd has obtained the approval of the Food and Drug Administration of the Maharashtra Government for its anti-aids Ayurvedic herbal drug Herbovera. The new drug acts as a immuno
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Asbestos still a health hazard in India
Several lakh factory workers have contacted lung cancer after inhaling ultra-fine asbestos fibre for decades. Health experts have demanded that the Government build a concrete framework to phase-out
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Health strike enters second week
The strike by health workers across the island (Sri Lanka) entered its eighth day without a solution. Thousands of patients have been inconvenienced and several patients have died of neglect. At