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India: State goes missing in healthcare; 70 percent is private

More than 70 percent of healthcare in India is provided by corporate houses as a result of which poor people are not able to afford the high cost of medical care provided b...

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Health

6 Food Mistakes Parents Make

HARRIET WOROBEY, a childhood nutrition instructor, knows firsthand that children can be picky eaters, but even she was surprised by a preschooler last year who ate a mostly...

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Health

Doctor appeals to husbands to interest in nutrition of pregnant wives

Dr. Francis Zotor, Acting Dean of School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Thursday advised men to show interest in the nutrition of their ...

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Environment

Rising carbon dioxide level affecting food quality

Rising carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is lowering protein in key dietary crops which may affect the nutritious value of foods, a new study has warned. For the first...

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Sustainable Development

400,000 Farmers, Health Professionals Want USDA to Reject Agent Orange GMO

As decision time approaches, over 387,000 farmers, Farm workers, health professionals, and concerned individuals from across the country joined to pressure the US Departmen...

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Health

A New Test for Malaria, No Blood Required

Rice University researchers have developed a rapid malaria test that uses a laser pulse, eliminating the need to draw blood. The test has not yet been tried on humans with ...

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Environment

Climate change affects mangroves in Florida

Washington, Jan 1: Mangrove trees, which are highly sensitive to cold, have expanded enormously on the Atlantic coast of Florida as the frequency of frosts has diminished, ...

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Environment

Methane Hydrates and Global Warming

Off the coast of Svalbard methane gas flares originating from gas hydrate deposits at depth of several hundred metres have been observed regularly. A new study conducted by...

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Festivals

FORBIDDEN VOICES

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Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. But influential cyber feminists from Cuba, China and Iran keep blogging about the...

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Health

F.D.A. Approves Pill to Treat Hepatitis C

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Sovaldi, from Gilead Sciences, which will let some patients be treated for a minimum of 12 weeks, but at a cost of $1,000 per ...

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