• The river linking panel headed by Suresh Prabhu recently formed a "communication core group for mass awareness' for the purpose of

The World Health Organisation (who) has refused to dilute its warning on curbing sugar intake despite facing severe criticism from the industry lobby. A who report recently recommended that sugars

It is only now that the state is being put on the cancer map of India. Ironically, even the late inclusion has been necessitated by an Indian Council of Medical Research - WHO project to develop a cancer atlas of the country

A recent review of editorial boards of ten leading international psychiatry journals has revealed almost nil representation from developing countries

Many terminally ill cancer patients have found succour in the last stages of their life at this Shanti Avedna Ashram , set up in 1978 by oncologist L J de Souza in Mumbai

the Karnataka Lokayukta's revelations about inadequate stocks of an advanced rabies vaccine show that healthcare in the state

An average of 12 women die every day in Nepal due to complications arising from pregnancy. Most of these deaths occur due to lack of access to basic healthcare during pregnancy, childbirth and at the

US politicians and insurance companies claim to offer the best healthcare services in the world. Recently, however, top US experts have admitted that the system is about to collapse. During the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancemen

we still have some hopes. A new study indicates that a decrease in the sulphur content of fuels has major health gains for the community. Pollution by particulate matter is considered to be of prime

The deadly Ebola virus has claimed at least 50 lives in the Republic of Congo. The Congolese ministry of health revealed that the victims belonged to Kelle and Mbou villages, in the Cuvette West

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