India

 New lands of the free

New lands of the fat?

Publication Date: 
14/07/2003
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Food Crops, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Fast Foods, Food Storage, Trade, Rural Habitat, Urbanisation, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, Obesity, China, India, Assam, Gujarat, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Developing Countries, Statistics
India

 Bad feed

Let us now consider the larger terrain in which the results of the surveys must be understood. It is clear that from the mid-1970s onwards, nutrition

Publication Date: 
14/07/2003
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India

 India's nutritional puzzle

From the maw of the Indian state there has emerged an undigested piece of development cake: nutritionally speaking, people’s diets are out of joint. The nutritional value of the food people

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14/07/2003
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India

 Bitter sweet mess

Exposure to dioxins may lead to diabetes

Publication Date: 
14/11/2002
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Health Effects, Cancer, Health Care, Diabetes, Dioxin
Energy

 Virtual reality

A new computing laboratory can project larger than real life images of human body s smallest part

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
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Canada, Cancer, Drug Industry, Diabetes, Technology, Research, Research Agencies, Diseases
Environment

 Sweet lumps

Diabetes and obesity are related

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
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Medical Research, Drugs, Diabetes, United States Of America (US)
India

 High on sugar

Diabetes on the rise in India

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
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Heart Diseases, Diabetes, India
India

 Malady not just of the rich

Obesity and diabetes on the rise in slum dwellers

Publication Date: 
30/01/2002
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Slums, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, India
India

 Genomics could help cure cancer

Eugene W Myers , vice president for informatics research at Celera Genomics, usa , is the brain behind computer applications used to assemble the genomes, he speaks to Nitin Seth

Publication Date: 
14/06/2001
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Cancer, Diabetes, Genetic Resources, Technology, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Research, United States Of America (US), India, Developing Countries, Diseases
Climate Change

 Sugar for the heart

Measuring the blood sugar level can help physicians predict if a patient is at the risk of developing heart disease. Blood glucose (sugar) might, like cholesterol and blood pressure, be used as an

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
Mario
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Medical Research, Blood, Heart Diseases, Diabetes, United Kingdom (UK)

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