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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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
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Typhus claims one more life, 25 new cases pour in
With one more person falling prey to the mystery fever, now diagnosed as scrub typhus, at the Indira Gandhi Medical College cum Hospital in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh the death toll has gone up to
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Tobacco use a major cause of heart problems: seminar
During the year 2002, tobacco use claimed some 5 million lives across the globe, and in view of the current ratio, it is feared that by the year 2025 the figure may reach 10 million annually , seven
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TB control programme to continue till 2006
A meeting of the Provincial Development Working Party, presided over by additional chief secretary (development) Sindh, Ghulam Sarwar Khero, (Pakistan) extended the Tuberculosis Control Programme
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Diarrhoea claims 5 lives in Panchagarh
Diarrhoea claimed five lives and several hundred people fell ill with the disease in the rural areas of Panchagarh district (Bangladesh) during one week. Physicians said stale food and contaminated
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NGOs call for ban on tobacco ads
Different civil society organizations demanded a complete ban on promotion of tobacco in all forms to ensure a healthy society. The organizations, including WHO and International Union for the
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Precaution against diseases stressed
The Karachi minister for women development, Dr Saeeda Malik, has emphasized the significance of advocacy to the masses for taking safety steps against lethal diseases. The minister was speaking at