A drug with the potential to reverse the damage in stroke victims has been deemed a success in Phase II human trials, according to a presentation to be made at the European Stroke Meeting in Venice.

Mobile phone manufacturers across Europe are likely to watch with interest the UK government's attempts to investigate formally the supposed risk to health from the use of such phones. The National

Genentech, the California based biotechnology group, is in talks with the US federal government to settle an investigation into its marketing practices for the human growth hormone Protropin. Under

The outbreak of gastro-enteritis in Dindigul district two months ago has been attributed to the contaminationof Manjalar river.In early February, more than 200 persons from Batlagundu and

Malaysia said that it had contained a viral outbreak that has killed more than 100 people and crippled its pork industry. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the deputy prime minister of Malaysia and head of its

Altogether 820 persons have lost their lives so far in the outbreak of viral influenza and various other diseases in epidemic proportions in different districts of Nepal since the past two months,

The government's draft National health Policy perceives a legislation against the use of tobacco products, a health insurance regulation, guidelines for regulating the private sector and the adoption

The United Nation Development Programme will provide assistance for community health initiatives in the country. This announcement was made a day after the World Health Day which was observed on

The World Health Organization confirmed that the cause of an outbreak of paralysis among children living in Angola, Central Africa, was polio. A WHO mission team has been despatched to work with the

The Japanese are not only failing to spend enough in the shops, but are also not visiting the delivery room often enough, prompting politicians to propose a fund worth $1.6 billions to encourage