More than 100 billion yuan wll be spend yearly on the treatment of chronic diseases, the major causes of death in China today, according to a report by the National Health Economics

A report prepared by an investigation committee has found out that 332 persons have lost their lives due to communicable diseases since April this year in

With a report by the Central reearch and Forensic Laboratory confirming that he had indeed conducted xenotransplantation of a pig heart into a human being, Dr Dhani Ram Baruah has decided to "launch

Researchers at the 12th World AIDS Conference unveiled a surprisingly poweful and easy-to-use combination drug therapy that may change the way HIV infections are treated. The new therapy would slash

U.S. federal regulators warned that Johnson & Johnson's popular heartburn durg Propulsid may cause genetically deadly heart-rhythm problems when combined with numerous other medications, and

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a computer system that could significantly improve the chances of detecting breast cancer. The machine made by R2 Technology Inc., can analyze

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the first Arab country to approve the sale of the anti-impotence drug Viagra.The drug should now go on sale by the end of the

a cure : At this week's 12th World AIDS Conference held in Geneva, researchers talked of plans for going the next step. Their intention : Rid the body of HIV completely or reduce it so drastically

Early and accurate detection of osteoporosis, a bone thinning disease that affects 200m people worldwide, was developed by Myriad Ultrasound of Israel. The system, SoundScan, uses standard

A recently-conducted epidemiological surveillance on AIDS by the Union health ministry shows the high rate of AIDS prevalence of 2.4 per cent in the general population of Maharashtra, and 1.2-1.6 per