Fat of the matter

What does 'healthy oil' really mean? It is difficult to tell. The Centre for Science and Environment studied branded edible oils to understand …

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US sets mercury emission limits

India still far from setting standards for toxic pollutants from power plants

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Moneymakers

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Is UN giving in to industry?

UN adopts resolution to fight chronic lifestyle diseases, without targets or commitments

Bad feed

New lands of the free

New lands of the fat?

Land of the Free

Hidden industry hand

Attempts are on to derail UN initiative to declare noncommunicable diseases a global priority

Elderly & lonely

India has more elderly people than ever before. Most of them have little social security and cannot afford healthcare. While the government seems …

The link between blood pressure and suicides

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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 …

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Wake up and smell the air

Dangers of using biofuel for cooking

How we are losing the battle

Court revoking ban on cough remedy worries health activists

They say continuing availability of the drug poses health risk

Every breath you take

Pollutants in the air damage more than the lungs, warn health experts

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US food authorities pander to drug companies

National plan on non-communicable diseases