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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UK makes wilful disease transmission criminal offence
People who knowingly make others ill could be liable to criminal prosecution after the conviction of a man who deliberately infected two women with HIV. It is it theoretically possible, for instance,
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ILO marriage main route in HIV cases
It is not just family, employers and society at large that discriminate against those suffering from HIV/AIDS, but even institutions like hospitals , which are supposed to be caregivers, says a
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US study links gene mutation to long life
A gene that affects the size of molecules in blood cholesterol may help people live to be 100 or older by protecting against heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other diseases, a study has said. The
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China on alert for new SARS outbreak
Chinese disease control officials said that the deadly disease SARS will definitely come back, but the scale of the next outbreak will depend on prevention measures. Zeng Guang of the China Center
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Cadbury strategy
Cadbury India Ltd. announced a three-step strategic programme involving the distribution chain and retail channels so as to ensure that the product reaching the consumer is of the highest quality.
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Halting breast cancer trial
Are scientists engaging in ethical over kill when they stop a clinical trial early so all women can benefit quickly form the findings? That disturbing possibility was raised by the decision in the
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Drug development costs cheaper in India : Rabo
Indian pharmaceutical companies can leverage their skills in process development to focus on analogue research, combinatorial chemistry, chiral chemistry new drug delivery systems and phyto medicine.
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Old mosquito theory holds no water
Jon Chase, assistant professor of biology in Arts & Sciences at Washington University, has found that the previous year's drought is the cause of high mosquito populations in wetlands the following
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Say yes to fire-crackers to control dengue
Say yes to firecrackers to get rid of mosquitoes and the dreaded dengue! This seems to be the new ''mantra'' of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, particularly its Health Department, which is busy
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Poor India's diseases provide test bed for rich man's drugs
Western pharmaceutical groups eye big savings in clinical trials but ethical question surround research on illiterate patients. The reality of clinical trails