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A workshop on "Operation Theatre Techniques" was organised in the city recently to train nurses in new surgical

People who undergo a heart or lung transplant are at a risk of developing aggressive skin cancers, results of an Australian study

Premenopausal women who consumed five or more servings of fruit and vegetables daily had a 23 per cent lower risk of breast cancer than those who are less than two servings per day, according to a

After killing nearly one million pigs to contain a viral outbreak, Malaysia is now targeting goats, a newspaper reported on Monday. More than 100 people have been killed by an outbreak of Japenese

A simple blood test can tell doctors if someone complaining of chest pain and other symptoms is having a heart attack, researchers said recently. The test looks for an enzyme called creatine-kinase

An unrecognised type of receptor in the eye's retina must detect light and help set the body's circadian rhythm clock, conclude researchers. And neatly. A team of Dutch and Japanese researchers

Researchers at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Ikoma, Japan believe they have discovered an enzyme in the brain that may be useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The enzyme,

One of the world's most dreaded diseases - leprosy - which has caused stigma and social ostracism for millenia, is nearing elimination worldwide as a public health problem, according to the World

Treatment with portions of proteins from certain viruses and bacteria can inhibit the development of a multiple sclerosis-like autoimmune disease in susceptible mice, according to a new study by

A fully equipped floating hospital was launched in Mawa, Bangladesh, on Saturday. According to a press not release at Mumbai by IMPACT, a global United Nations agency, the hospital will operate in

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