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A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Healthy Returns newsletter, which brings the latest health-care news straight to your inbox. Subscribe here to receive future editions. Good morning from San Francisco! It’s day three of the annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference — the biggest gathering of biotech and pharma execs, investors and analysts in…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Following last week’s announcement of updates to the food pyramid, nutrition experts continue to weigh in on how the new recommendations could change Americans’ eating habits. The new pyramid, which was announced by HHS officials on Jan. 7, puts a greater emphasis on red meat, such as…
Till recently, the air in Veeramangudi, in Papanasam taluk of Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district, used to be redolent with the fragrance of caramelised sugarcane juice, thanks to the over 100 family-run jaggery units here. Of late though, these factories have started closing down due to an attack of yellow leaf disease in the sugarcane crop….
At 66 years, K Selvanayagam is of the firm belief that running is in everyone’s blood. “If you decide to run and have the resolve to see this through, the rest of your life — your schedule will automatically fall into place,” he says. This is definitely the case for the Chennai resident, whose day…
If you want to know what’s going on with the world geopolitically, follow the fashion business, said no one ever. Perhaps the irony is tickling then, that even as Russia was hosting its biannual fashion week as well as its second annual BRICS+ Fashion Summit in Moscow recently, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s…
Far above the Arctic Circle, where winter swallows daylight for months at a time, there lies an extraordinary place that quietly challenges what it means to live somewhere at all. The place we are talking about is Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago governed by Norway but shaped by international treaty, is not designed for permanence. It…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday reshaped the CDC’s powerful vaccine panel, naming two obstetrician-gynecologists (OB-GYNs) as part of his push to overhaul the nation’s immunization policy. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic who has embraced the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, named…
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Tamil Nadu has banned the manufacture, storage, and sale of mayonnaise prepared from raw eggs for a period of one year with effect from April 8. The ban, issued in the interest of public health, is on the basis that mayonnaise made of raw eggs is a “high…
Raj Ganpath | Photo Credit: Johan Sathyadas In the introduction to his debut book, Simple, Not Easy, Raj Ganpath says that the book is an unusual mix of science, reason and positivity meant to provide clarity and inspiration. There is a consistent reference to the word ‘simple’ all through his book. It makes sense if…
In every Chettiar household sits a pettagam, a large, traditional iron chest or strongbox that stores the family’s valuables. More importantly though, it holds the jewellery passed down through several generations. These iron chests come with complex lock combinations and, in some households, have remained unopened for years, as newer generations are yet to find…
