The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will provide a fresh assistance to the tune of $5.5 million (nearly Rs 23 crore ) for community health initiatives in India, including for persons

Robots that can puncture veins without causing bruising or pain may soon be taking blood samples from humans. Scientists at the Imperial College in London have designed syringe wielding machines,

Concerned over the reported vulnerability of extinction of a number of medicinal plant species in the country, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has drawn up a prohibitory action plan to

Comparisons of population-based cancer registers at Mumbai, Chenna and Bangalore have revealed that the incidence of oral cancer is highest among women in Bangalore and men in Chennai. The findings

On April 13th a courtroom in U.S. proclaimed that Jack Kevorkian, a practitioner of euthanasia and assisted suicide, has sought and found the bottom of its tolerance. Over the past decade or so, Dr.

Cancer drugs kill from time to time and extreme caution is required while giving them, says a leading interntional cancer expert, Dr A H Calvert. "Cancer treatment should be individual-based as the

Advances in both science and social attitudes could lead to novel treatments for drug and alcohol addiction. Consider acamprosate, a new drug made by Merck Lipha, a company based in Lyons, France.

Glaxo Wellcome won US regulatory approval for Agenerase, an HIV drug that will bolster the UK pharmaceutical company's leadership in the antiretroviral market. Agenerase is a protease inhibitor, one

Major studies show tha bone-marrow transplantation, a grueling procedure held out as a hope to many women with advanced breast cancer, doest not prolong their survival overall. But the medical group

Using a container built to pulse like a heart and act like a nurturing mother, a biomedical researcher has succeeded in growing blood vessels from a few cells of an animal and using them in the