Every 17 seconds a person in the world is diagnosed with diabetes, it kills more people than HIV/AIDS and breast cancer combined, and an estimated 183 million people are unaware that they have diab

Forget the sales pitch on the box and read the fine print. Is the promised 'low-fat' low enough, the 'multigrain' whole or refined?

Delhi-based NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has alleged that leading food manufacturers are guilty of “large scale misbranding and misinformation” by claiming that their food products

The government proposes to convert the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) into a National Health Mission to provide health care to the urban poor also, in the course of the 12th Plan. Universal access to free generic essential medicines in public health institutions in a phased and time-bound manner will be ensured.

Announcing major initiatives to provide universal healthcare, President Pratibha Patil on Monday said the government would endeavour to increase both Plan and Non-Plan public expenditure in the Centre and the States

Mumbai: There may soon be changes in the labelling of widely-used cholesterol lowering drugs — statins — sold in the country.

Diet soda may benefit the waistline, but people who drink it every day may have a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new U.S. study.