Heart attacks have become less severe in the United States over the past decade, reducing deaths as well as the risk of chronic chest pain among survivors. Research that was scheduled to be presented

Lingering doubts : Pentagon officials are coming under sharp questioning about plans to innoculate 2.4 million members of the armed forces against anthrax. As many as 200 service members have refused

As the hype which marked the launch of Memory Plus, the Ayurveda pill claiming to enhance memory dies down, Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) is bracing itself to establish scientific

Stephen Corney says he had a special kind of problem. When he went grocery shopping, he would stow the goods in his car, look at the list one last time - and then go back into the store and buy

If we haven't had back problems ourselves, most of us know someone who has. Statistically, back and neck pain is the biggest cause of time off work in urban environments. But what brings it on? Dr.

A combined analysis of 18 studies dealing with the possible dangers of passive smoking concluded that the smoke from another person's cigarette can increase a non-smoker's risk of heart disease by 25

Buffer zones will be created in areas affected by the Japanese Encephalitis virus, and all pigs within the zones will be culled. This was decided by Malaysia's Cabinet task force to combat the viral

Researchers from HealthEast, the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic, who studied the sound levels of snoring and the factors that affect them, have found that men do snore louder than women, and the

The Kani tribals of Kerala have won a long battle for their right to harness a rare herb, 'Arogyapacha', which attracted global attention by virtue of its medicinal value. The Kerala Forest

India's first home-made genetically engineered Hepatitis-B vaccine, promoted by the Department of Science and Technology(DST), has come out with flying colours in efficacy studies, results of which