To enhance men's participation in the reproductive health (RH) agenda, No Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV), the new painfree technique of male contraception, is being taken up in a big way in Sirmour district

Sixty-five doctors from different parts of the country took aprt in a three-day workshop on "Advances in Asthma Care and Management" organised by the Society for Asthma care and Research which

The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has found several malpractices and lopholes in the implementation of the Mobile Health Scheme of the Delhi Government. In his report, the CAG stated that

The first of a new generation of drugs to fight flu has won approval in Australia and Sweden. The drug Zanamivir, blocks a viral enzyme called neuraminidase, which allows the virus to escape from

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