STCL campaigns for iodised salt

Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 1:With a view of generating public awareness on the use of iodised salt, Salt Trading Corporation Ltd (STCL) has launched a month long campaign in order to save people from disorders related to iodine...

01 Feb, 2005

The gift of a school

One Iraqi mother realised that if she wanted an education for her daughter with Down’s syndrome, she’d have to provide it herself. Rory McCarthy visits a unique institution:The Guardian:It is Baghdad on a winter morning chilled by yet another power...

Travel Abroad 18 Jan, 2005

STAY FIT

Does reading help sanity?The Guardian:Doctors usually send patients to the pharmacy to get medication, but family doctors in western England have been packing people off to the library with prescriptions for self-help books. Those with symptoms of...

Travel Abroad 17 Jan, 2005

How to cope with war

Many college students, faced with the crisis in Iraq and the ongoing threat of terrorist attacks, find that they now feel uncertain about a future for which they had just begun to plan. Some may be concerned about parents, relatives or friends in the...

Travel Abroad 04 Jan, 2005

Govt girds up to meet anti-IDD target by year-end

Himalayan News Service Kathmandu, January 31: The government has decided to increase the supply of iodised salt in order to check the Iodine Deficiency Disorders prevailing in the country, Minister for Health Ashok Rai said today. The step is being...

Travel 02 Jan, 2005

Gang rape case comes to light

Himalayan News ServiceRautahat, May 21:A case of gang rape of a woman with last name Saha of the Hajamaniya VDC-5 of Rautahat has come to light after 10days. The woman stated that six men of her village had broken into her house at midnight, threatened...

Travel 22 May, 2004

Exercise as a cure for depression

The ObserverLondon:Just start jogging and forget the Prozac. French depression expert Dr David Servan-Schreiber is advocating treating depression without prescribing mind-altering drugsHis theory has transformed the way a nation thinks about depression...

Travel Abroad 10 May, 2004

IN BRIEF

Heart patient seeks helpKathmandu: A heart patient Rita Khadka of Chuhade village of Triyuga Municipality-13, Udaypur, is seeking support from people as she has spent whatever she had earned on her treatment. Khadka, 18, who used to work eight hours a...

Horoscopes 02 May, 2004

beauty tips : Give your child the health advantage

Basically, all babies are blessed with soft and tender the skin. With a little care we can help them retain that healthy advantage Start before the cradle: During your pregnancy, keep calm and encourage peaceful, loving thoughts because it has been...

Travel Abroad 01 May, 2004

Workers on harm reduction share experiences

Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, April 5:The representatives of the organisations working to encourage harm reduction strategies among drug users have highlighted the need for sustainable programmes and continued support from the donor agencies....

Horoscopes 06 Apr, 2004

Pets learn to ‘heal’

USA TodayPets, once assigned to the barn or the doghouse, increasingly are being welcomed inside hospitals, nursing homes and hospices, experts say. Pet owners often say their dogs, cats and other animal companions make them feel better, and there’s...

Travel Abroad 29 Mar, 2004

Ending it all

Keshav P KoiralaKathmandu:Recently, a seven-year-old child ended it all by hanging himself in Kathmandu for a packet of biscuits. People say it was a bizarre suicide. Had they understood the correlation of child psychology and the impression imposed on...

Travel Abroad 21 Mar, 2004