Thailand is the first country outside the U.S. to approve large scale trials - the last and most crucial hurdle before a vaccine for AIDS can be licensed for sale. A similar trial in the U.S. began

In war, they may help missiles seek out a target. In medicines, heat sensors may eventually be used to help identify people most at risk from heart attack. Medical detectives at the University of

WHO : Hemorrhagic fever has killed 60 people in northeastern Congok but there is no indication the disease was caused by the feared, ebola virus, the WHO said

Having authored the Delhi Population Control Bill, 1999 - introduced in the Delhi Assembly in its last session - the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Ms. Kiran Choudhry, uses every opportunity that

The Anna University's Centre for Biotechnology has received a major boost in its capacity for training and research with the inauguration of a technology incubator park, the biotechnology teaching

Even as the Delhi government claims to have brought the health situation in the city under control, cases of bacterial gastroenteritis, a new and more serious form of the disease, have started

An outbreak of cholera, measles and tuberculosis has claimed at least 100 lives in Kano, northern Nigeria in the past one month. An outbreak of cholera was first reported early in April when five

According to a study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical REsearch, paan masala and its variations like gutkha are potential death-traps with just two to three years of habitual consumptions

Mammograms reveal lumps in breast, but only a painful biopsy can prove if a lump is benign or cancerous. Now, however , a new device can help women avoid the need for many biopsies. Approved for use

Purdue University researchers have found that higher calcium intakes may reduce overall levels of body fat and slow weight gain in women in the age group 18-31.They found that hgier calcium intake