An increased intake of potassium in common salt is highly beneficial to hypertensive patients, especially to those who cannot reduce sodium. According to Dr Suninder S. Arora, a consultant at the

Switzerland has wiped out rabies by vaccinating foxes, becoming the first country to root out the disease using this method, the Federal Office for Veterninary Affairs said. Foxes are the primary

Concerns are growing about triclosan, the general purpose anti-bacterial and anti-fungal agent used in a vast array of household products, from toothpaste to tea towels. The fear is that its

SC asks Centre to explain delay in fund release: The Supreme Court today directed the Union Government to file an affidavit within two weeks explaining why it had not released Rs 27 crore already

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