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

By using a piece of gene as drug, a group of Pune-based researchers are developing a new approach to combat diseases such as AIDS, cancer, thalassaemia and coronary heart disease.Called 'antisense

If it were not for the private sector newspapers, the current spate of deaths in remote Western hill districts of Nepal would perhaps never get reported, much like last year when 376 persons

Move over laser surgery, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of corneal-ring implants to correct mild nearsightedness. The implants, made by KeraVision Inc., of Fremont,

Medeva received a blow to near-term earnings prospects when US regulators requested additional information on Hepagene, a hepatitis B vaccine for which the emerging pharmaceutical company has great

In an awesome burst of friskiness, the trees of northern Georgia have coated Atlanta with a thick yellow veil of fertility, and the city is beginning to wheeze under the weight. This morning the

Target-free approach yields results: The new target-free approach in family planning for which no sterilisation goals are set has not adversely affected the number of acceptors of family planning