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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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
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Big Bone disease ails Tibetan villages
The Boronggang village in Tibet, is nestled in the green Himalayan foothills. Nearly everyone in the village, including the children who happily show off their swollen elbows, either suffers from or
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Kalam for documenting medicinal knowledge
The President of India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, said that while there was a need to protect our intellectual property rights for modern medicines, earnest efforts should be made to document Indian
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High heels kick back in fashion with a clean bill of health
Women who wear high heels are no more likely to develop knee problems than women who wear flat shoes. Stilettoes and even Cuban heels have been under suspicion by killjoys ever since they were
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Japan pledges $1 billion in aid to Africa
Japan said that it "aims to extend grant aid totalling $ 1 billion.... to Africa" over the next five years in respect of "areas such as health and medical care, including measures against AIDS, as