HUNDREDS of Australians die every year because they do not take asthma medication as directed, warn respiratory specialists. The National Asthma Campaign (NAC) reports that half of the country's
Babies born in the Krugersdorp area could suffer severe lung damage or even die because of dust pollution from a nearby mine dump, says Vali Yousefi, spokesperson of National Department of
Does your car smell funny to you? Do you get a headache or a runny nose after long drives? Well, cars all across the globe are developing fool smells within a couple of years of leaving the showroom.
DOW CORNING, the US silicon products manufacturer, has agreed to a US $3.2 billion deal, ending the long-running US battle over breast implant litigation. The company will pay the amount to
TOXIC fumes from a well claimed five lives at Dichaun Kalan village in west Delhi on July 11. The first casualty was a villager who climbed down the well to install a pump in an attempt to solve the
Thirty million HIV infected people in the world live in developing nations. With no cures in sight, all they can do is wait for death. And lack of proper health care facilities has only made matters worse
The world's 12,000 top researchers believe that HIV-infected mothers can protect their babies from the killer virus. Recent studies reveal that if the infected mother is administered the anti-HIV
About 170 people have been killed due to starvation and epidemics in a remote region of Nepal bordering China. According to reports, people are dying every day in the district of Humla. Most of the