Until now, Americans looking for a pill to help them lose weight have had only one option: appetite suppressants. That has now changed, when the Food and Drug Administration approved the first in a

The metropolis is in the grip of viral fever which has affected a large number of citizens. The personnel departments of several offices are flooded with sick leave applications from emplyees. Most

A tiny dose of one of the world's deadliest poisons may bring relief to millions of chronic headache sufferers, a new study has shown.Neurologist Maja Relja of the University of Zagreb said that

The Rs 2,300-crore herbal drug industry , which is passing through a lean patch, has asked the government to set up a National Herbal Development Board (NHDB)as a nodal agency, to coordinate between

Several hundred thousands of new-borne are being saved today from varying degree of mental retardation annually through successful salt iodisation, Dr. N. Kochuopillai, Head of the Department of

Delhi has seen a rise in the incidence of "chicken pox" during the recent couple of

Ontario, Canada's largest province, is preparing to sue US tobacco companies for as much as US$40bn in an effort to recover the costs of treating smoking-related

A WHO study finds that worldwide deaths due to smoking would triple in the next two decades. Altogether there are more than twenty-five tobacco-related diseases known today. Bangladesh is not in a

At a time when viral influenza has been dissipating in the mid western and far western regions of Nepal, the disease is still taking its toll in Rukum district. Over 52 people have lost their lives

The lethal malaria parasite which causes cerebral malaria is already showing resistance to new drugs in some pockets of the country. The parasite has already developed a widespread resistance to the