Here on Sicily’s west coast, there are two main crops: olives for oil and grapes. There was once a third: salt.Most high school students learn that salt was one of the motivating factors for the growth of the Roman empire, and that words for “salary” and “salad” come ...

WARSAW - One of the oldest salt mines in Europe, Poland’s Wieliczka, called for photos of salt from across the globe for a contest and show at its underground museum.“We thought it would be good to learn about the rest of the world’s salt and compile a portrait of it,” ...

larkana/islamabadSevere heatwave accompanied by loadshedding has gripped several cities of interior Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday. A report said that seven people lost their lives due to heatstroke in different areas. The temperature has gone up to 47 degrees centigrade in Larkana ...

ISLAMABAD – A study analyzed that a modest reduction in salt intake for four or more weeks caused significant falls in blood pressure in people with both raised and normal blood pressure. This happened in both men and women, irrespective of ethnic group, it was reported. The study led by ...

MANDI BAHAUDDIN - EDO Health Dr Amjad Iqbal has said that use of iodised salt prevents iodine deficiency disorders. He was addressing a training programme for salt processors of district jointly organised by the Department of Health and The Micronutrient Initiative here the other day.  He ...

BHAKKAR - School children all over the district are being educated about Iodine Deficiency Disorders in seminars organised at government schools by the Health department in collaboration with Micronutrient Initiative-Pakistan.The views were expressed by Bhakkar EDO Health Dr Mumtaz Hussain Sajjid, ...

Nine out of 10 American adults consume too much salt and the leading culprit is not potato chips or popcorn but slices of bread and dinner rolls, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.Forty-four percent of salt consumed can be linked to 10 types of foods, CDC said. Bread ...

ISLAMABAD - Making life further difficult for poverty-hit people of the country, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has increased power tariff by Rs 3.04 per unit, ostensibly under Discos fuel adjustments formula sought by the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA). Prior to ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Health experts have said that the utilisation of iodised salt at the household level was only 17 percent in the country despite 56.4 percent people were aware about importance of this salt. According to them, low consumption of iodised salt at domestic level can have adverse ...

Our staff reporter SHAHKOT - The Abbotabad debacle on May 2, has added insult to the wounds of the nation inflicted by 1965, 1971, Siachin and Kargil wars and the American trampling of Pakistan sovereignty by conducting a unilateral raid inside Pakistan is the biggest dilemma of the national ...

LAHORE - Ministry of Health Deputy Director General Nutrition Wing Dr Baseer Achakzai, while distributing prizes amongst the best IDD/USI Project districts, has paid tribute to the hard work of district health staff and Micronutrient Initiative Punjab team in achieving Universal Salt Iodization ...

Owing to poor policies and managements from PTDC Floodwaters have entered in to the historical Khewra Salt Mines. According to details owing to prevailing torrential rains across the country floodwaters reached to salt mines of Khewra and at the protest from tourists and visitors ...

MADRID (AFP) One of the great ironies of the 2010 Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan at Real Madrids Bernabeu stadium on Saturday is that the main protagonist for each side will be a Real reject. Bayerns Arjen Robben and Inters Wesley Sneijder were forced out of the ...

FOR those too busy to eat their five a day, help is at hand. Scientists have developed a pepper that contains more vitamins and antioxidants than any other variety. Just one ACE pepper - named after the vitamins it is rich in - contains the recommended daily intake of vitamin C and half that of A ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in occupied Kashmir has said that rock salt of Pakistan has a huge demand in the Kashmir Valley even today, hence it should be allowed to be imported from the Line of Control. Executive member, KCCI, Altaf Ahmad Tramboo said that the ...