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Sri Lanka: Tea Rich But Nutrient Poor

Tea in Sri Lanka is one of the country’s biggest cash crops, but families working on tea estates are among the nation’s poorest in terms of earnings as well as nutrition, experts say.

Study: Six Genetic Variants Linked To Type 2 Diabetes In South Asians

A team of international researchers examined the genomic DNA of South Asian patients with type 2 diabetes, identifying six genetic variants associated with the disease.