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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Latest SARS case tracked to lab
The SARS virus that infected a researcher has been traced to the Environmental Health Institute laboratory he visited. It had live virus samples, and the 27 year old married man fell ill three days
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Test tube baby born using eggs frozen in 1995
A Hokkaido woman gave birth to a boy last year using fertilized eggs frozen in 1995, which may be the longest time in Japan that such eggs have been used after being in storage, according to her
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Cabbage butterfly protein spells destruction for cancer cells
A protein found in the pupae and larvae of cabbage butterflies induces the destruction of cancer cells more effectively than common anticancer drugs, according to researchers at the National Cancer
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Carsyon to unveil new anti-cholesterol drug
Rosuvastatin, the hottest new kid on the anti-cholesterol block, seems to be setting the domestic pharma market afire. If Ranbaxy Labs entered the scene from the North with 'Rosuvas' a few days ago,
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Three more HIV cases reported
Three more cases of HIV-infected persons, including a woman, have come to light raising the figure of such cases to 48 in the Larkana district (Pakistan) alone. The latest cases have been detected
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City still in Dengue grip, BCC uses PR
Despite receding rains, the list of Dengue victims seem to be growing in the city, even as an apathetic Bangalore City Corporation (BCC) has gone on a publicity blitzkrieg creating awareness on the
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Ibobi urges Central team to disregard census report
Manipur Chief Minister, Okram Ibobi has urged a Central team to disregard the provisional census report of Manipur for 2001. It is felt in all circles that as a part of a long-term policy, population
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Bhutan seeks smoking ban
Since 1729, Bhutan has tried to stop people from smoking, and finally success may be in sight. By the end of this year, the Himalayan Kingdom could become the first nation in the world to completely
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Scrub typhus under control, investigations on
With no death reported and four patients of scrub typhus admitted to the IGMC, the authorities claimed that the disease had been contained in Himachal Pradesh. Dr Harbans Kapoor, Principal of the
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Student caught SARS from lab, officials say
The world's first new SARS patient in three months probably caught the virus in an accident at a Singapore government-run laboratory that researchers the deadly disease, the Ministry of Health said.