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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India Inc joins hands to aid govt in AIDS fight
the one day summit titled
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Drug policy not susceptible to judicial review: govt
The government has rejected claims made in the Supreme Court that many essential drugs are not included in the national list of essential medicines under the controversial pharmaceutical policy of
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Germany and UK collaborate on improving health systems
Britain and Germany are to work closely on modernising their health sectors, including on controversial British government plans to allow some hospitals to operate more independently of the National
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More worms found in chocolates
Worm-infested Cadbury chocolates continue to pop up in Maharashtra. The latest sighting was in a departmental store owned by former minister Shrikant Jichkar. Another batch of worm-infested
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Ranbaxy to take human trials for prostrate drug to UK
With the Government yet to take a call on allowing Phase I clinical trials in India, Ranbaxy looks poised to take the human trial for its investigational new drug (IND) in the benign prostrate
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Serum plans 2 new vaccines
The Pune-based Serum Institute of India Ltd (SIIL) is set to hit the domestic market with its two new vaccines, rabies and a combination vaccine of DPT and Hepatitis B. Talking to presspersons, Mr
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Cadbury blames growth of fungus on humidity
Chocolate major Cadbury said the fungus reportedly found on a chocolate bar of the company was a result of high humidity in the environment during monsoon which led to condensation on the surface.
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India to become heart attack capital by 2020, WHO
Recent research conducted by WHO and the ICMR indicates that India will become the heart attack and diabetes capital of the world by 2010. Noted interventional cardiologist Dr Suresh Vijan said, "WHO
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Novartis cancer drug prevents recurrence of breast tumors
In what may be the breakthrough for thousands of women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, a relatively new drug appears to prevent tumors from recurring in many patients after they have been
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'Liver cancer claims 1mn lives annually'
A million people die of liver cancer every year. Liver cancer is the fifth deadliest cancer. Diseases such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, cancer and those related to obesity are highly fatal, said Dr K