A new asthma tablet, 'Accolate'(zafirlukas) from Zeneca; may help some patients overcome one of the biggest problems of asthma treatment: the failure to take regular medication. Called 'poor

Researchers in the US have documented how the agent that causes mad cow disease gets from food into the brain. It travels form the digestive tract into the lymphatic system, from there into the

The US experts have confirmed that a new pig-borne virus suspected in dozens of deaths in Malaysia has also struck the slaughterhouse workers in Singapore, officials have

The District Health Department has taken immediate steps to prevent the spread of monkey fever or Kyasanur forest disease in Malnad taluk of Sullia where monkey fever has once again been reported.

Radioactive pollution scattered around Britain's troubled Dounreay nuclear facility could kill people, government health advisers warned. The experts said radioactive particles, which have been found

Just as the elderly in Kerala are on the increase at a rate faster than any other state, the number of those seeking to end their lives gracefully with official sanction is also on the rise. The

Radioavtive isotope wastes from medicinal, industrial and scientific research-- which should ideally be sealed off in concrete and buried in landfills-- are finding their way into the environment due

US researchers have discovered a new way to extend the life span of human cells by injecting them with a protein, a finding they say could be used in therapeutic treatments. Scientists at the

Eleven people hospitalised for brain inflammation linked to pigs are suffering from a new hendra-like virus, which may have mutated only five years after it was discovered in Australia, health

Raw coal laced with arsenic, fluorine, lead and mercury is threatening the health of millions of Chinese who use it as fuel for heating and cooking, according to a new study. The contaminants become