European Union scientific experts said that one of six growth hormones contained in U.S. beef exports banned by the EU can cause cancer, but conceded it lacked evidence to prove all six hormones pose

The Directorate of Health Services will distribute chlorine tablets and packets of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) in all JJ clusters in the Capital. This decision was taken on Monday at a high level

Unilever has won the battle to be the first to launch a cholesterol reducing spread in the US after securing approval from the Food and Drug

After years of careful preparation, Glaxo Wellcome PLC is about to embark on one of its most ticklish marketing blitzes ever - the launch of a ballyhooed medicine called Zeffix against hepatitis B in

The control of smallpox, cholera, leprosy and infectious diseases, through improved hygiene, widespread vaccination programmes and antibiotics, is one of the triumphs of modern medicine in the

The number of "mass outbreaks" of tuberculosis in Japan--when more than 20 people are infected in one locality--has increased nearly four-fold since the Ministry of Health and Welfare began to

Transplant surgeons who once concentrated on vital organs like hearts, livers and kidneys are branching out, transplanting an array of body parts with surprising success, and possibly heralding a day

A joint research group from Kirin Brewary Co. and the University of Tottori said it has developed the basic technology to synthesize human antibodies in mice. The development is important because the

Teams from the Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University have jointly engineered a mouse with immunodeficiency

For about 15 million Americans, heartburn is not occasional. It is a daily occurence that, if not treated indefinitely, can develop into something far more serious - a change in the cells lining the