Cases of brain cysts, caused by tapeworm, are rising sharply in cities across India
The incidence of neurocysticercosis, or cysts in the brain caused by tapeworm eggs, is reaching epidemic proportions in our cities
The vast majority of cases are caused by eating vegetables grown in soil or water contaminated by sewage

Kharaghoda, a large village located on the edge of the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, has a population of 12,000. Here

The government is increasingly getting conscious about the health of its people.

The government of South Australia is planning to ban junk food advertising in children's viewing times. The province's Health Minister John Hill says the government will implement a voluntary ban

real flab: Researchers in the US have found that artificial sweeteners are more fattening than sugar as the consumption of the low-calorie substitutes makes it harder for people to control their

bird flu is spreading in Bangladesh despite efforts to control it. By February 19, the H5NI virus outbreaks had been reported in 43 out of 64 districts. The nation's poultry industry, one of the

Thousands have responded to a public input demand by the us Environmental Protection Agency (usepa)on reviewing registration of the insecticide endosulfan. "Endosulfan poses substantial risks and

the Supreme Court of India said trials of genetically engineered crops may resume. On February 13, a division bench asked the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (geac) to allow gm field