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Nutrition still a problem, Vitamin A scheme to stay
A programme to administer Vitamin A to Indian children is unlikely to be scrapped despite new research advising against it. The health ministry and several doctors say it is needed to combat malnutrition, which affects over 20 percent of the country's population.
The Body Shop: Watch out for sneaky calories
Certain name-brand products are overrated and our perception of them as being healthy is unfounded. I'm not going to name names, but rather go after some groups that are problematic and don't deserve their status.
A Special Forum for Gulf Nurses Concludes in Dubai
More than 120 Pediatric Nurses gathered together in Dubai, attending the "Trusted Golden Care Forum" organized by Pfizer Nutrition, one of the world's leading child nutrition companies. The forum is the first of its kind in the region for nurses.
How to dissect a food label for healthier living
Nowadays, reading a food label can be pretty confusing. Fat grams, calories from fat, sugar alcohols, net carbohydrates what does all this mean? When you first look at a food label, all of those numbers can be very puzzling, and in this article, I hope to clarify just exactly what is in a label.
She takes paycut to be a midwife
WHEN Ms Tiang was just five years old, she remembers helping to change her baby sister's dirty nappies when their mother had to go to the market. As the eldest of four children, she was used to taking care of her younger siblings.
GUINEA: Climbing out of the donor funding gap
Source: IRIN More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a shambles and the country is in a fragile transition from decades of military rule, yet most aid donors do not see Guinea as an "emergency".
Diary: Brand muscles in on Broad
" Returning Stuart Broad hoping to add muscle to England's attack ," stated one enthusiastic headline in The Guardian this week.
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AFRICA: It's how you spend the money that saves lives
Source: IRIN Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is about how "effectively and efficiently" you spend the money, not about how much.
New Information About Raw Pet Foods Unveiled At AVMA Convention
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is offering a program to help explain the hottest topic in pet nutrition, Raw Diets, at the 147th Annual AVMA Convention in Atlanta, Georgia at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 31. Dr. Sherry L. Sanderson, a veterinarian expert in pet nutrition, will explain the popularity of these new diets and respond to the claims made by those who support raw diets ...
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