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
Health
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Green killer on the rise
A very unhealthy, alarming and deadly disease is ringing alarm bells not just in Delhi but most of northern India. Entering the body and then sneaking into the brain undetected, invisible organisms
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Meet on new HIV prevention options
A two day national meet of policy makers will consider the possibilities of developing new methods for prevention of HIV/AIDS that would be under the direct control of women. The meet, to be attended
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South Africa leader defends lag in giving out AIDS drugs
President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa defended his government's delay in distributing anti-AIDS drugs until this year, saying that it had been necessary to create a critical mass of public health
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Gluten allergy cases on the rise
Celiac disease or gluten intolerance normally affects young children but research at PGI, Chandigarh, and Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, has established that many adults in North India are also
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56% of those above 40 likely to develop osteoporosis: Study
Nearly 56% of a randomly selected population of 1,133 persons above 40 years of age have been found likely to develop osteoporosis, a disease, that involves loss of bone mass. Of these, eight per
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Sushama sees India as a health destination
The Centre will soon set up a task force to prepare a vision document for transforming India into a health destination, Union health and family welfare minister Sushma Swaraj said. The document will
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Two child norm in action
With Supreme Court upholding the Constitutional validity of Haryana government legislation disqualifying panchayat members having more than two children, four village committee members were removed
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WHO drafts rules on SARS
Noting that poor plumbing helped spread of SARS virus in apartment complexes in Hong Kong earlier this year, the World Health Organisation said it is drawing up guidelines on impoving environmental
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Open caps, no seal, tap water in Rail Neer
The mineral water bottles contents in railway station could well be straight out of the neighbourhood tap. Also this could be some cheap brand that entered the railway network by quoting absurdly
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Growth of anti-TB campaign fastest in India, says WHO
Experts from WHO and other agencies have observed that the progress made by India in the anti-TB campaign under the DOTS strategy is the fastest in the world.' India revised national tuberculosis