The rising mercury and the sharp increase in the number of people stricken by gastroenteritis and cholera finally shook a reluctant Delhi Government up of its slumber today. Over 7,600 people have

The Indian Medical Association is conduction a two-day national workshop on media and medical profession from May 1 for discusssing and evolving effective mens of controlling preventable diseases

A rampant cholera epidemic has killed at least 240 people in southern Somalia in the past week, while dozens more are getting infected every day, regional officials said. Elders in the town of Dinsor

At long last, the Orissa Government has thought it proper to turn its attention to health problems in drought-prone western Orissa. This region is not only known for starvation deaths. It is here

A report of six smallpox deaths in Chakarnagar block in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh set off alarm bells in the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Union health ministry. A WHO spokeswoman

Indian scientists have developed a simple method that warns about heart attacks by estimating a chemical produced in the body.The test takes only ten minutes to detect attacks, medically known as

Even as cases of infectious diseases continue to rise in the Capital, the government and the municipal corporation are busy passing the blame onto each other.A comparison in the figures reported

study : Most truckers passing through the Capital's largest wholesale vegetable and fruit market at Azadpur are suffering from sexually-transmitted diseases (STD) and if they are left untreated, the

The pan masala pouch could be deadlier than previously considered. Researchers now say that combined with tobacco it can not only lead to cancer but damage other organs as well. Apart from the

A report of six small pox deaths in Chakarnagar block in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh has set off alarm bells in the World Health Organisation and the Union health ministry.A WHO spokeswoman here