Physicians at UCSF Stanford Health Care are investigating new compounds that have the potential to help form new mini-bypasses in the heart or legs, a non-surgical method of rerouting the blood

The biggest infectious killer in the world today is not AIDS or malaria, but tuberculosis. To prevent the further spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis, countries and international organizations need

European Commission veterinary experts are discussing UK abattoirs this week as part of efforts by the European Union to lift a three-year ban on UK beef exports. EU agriculture ministers have

The isolation of stem cells from an aborted fetus a few months ago sparked a great excitement among scientists. Some of them speculated that the embryonic cells were a kind of miraculous clay tha,

Taking a vaccine will soon be easy as going to the local grocery store. One such vaccine, against cholera, which has been developed by Indian scientists can be consumed in the form of a raw tomato.

Until recently at least a quarter of men taking part in medical trials continued to produce some spertm. But 16 men in two in 280 pounds pioneering trials have stopped producing at altogether. The

Three deaths in as many days in a locality in Sheila Dikshit's constituency, Gole Market, allegedly due to contaminated drinking water, have residents up in arms. While the residents insist that the

A new test for tuberculosis can now diagnose the disease in 15 days, says Becton Dickinson research fellow Dr Salman Siddiqui. The new test known as Bectec 460 TB diagnoses tuberculosis on the basis

A diet rich in tomato products might help protect infection-fighting white blood cells from damaging free radical particles, which are a by-product of normal metabolism, according to a new

Asha - a community health and development soceity - today launched its new project "Health Care through Community Participation" in a slum cluster at Laxmi Nagar in East Delhi