Biometric researchers at the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta have found that leaf extracts of the herb Gymnemma sylvestre, commonly called "meshoshringi," can bring down blood glucose

A US expert arrived on Monday to help curb an encephailtis epidemic that has killed up to 55 people as a mass pig culling exercise entered its third day. Health minister Chua Jui Meng said veterinary

Delhi leads in the incidence of breast cancer and is also racing ahead in oral cancer cases compared to other metros in the country. The incidence of breast cancer in the city has increased from 26.2

Health authorities in South Korea have been put on heightened alert for contagious diseases, as early infection rates for this year have already surpassed that of last year. According to the Health

Thailand and Singapore have sealed their borders to the entry of pigs from Malaysia where troops are slaughtering hundreds of thousands of swine in an attempt to stop the spread of a virus that has

The Tripura Government has issued circulars prohibiting smoking in all government offices, schools and educational

The European Commission has delayed approval for the sale of a cholesterol-reducing margarine developed by Unilever because of widespread public concern about scientific manipulation of food

A new artificial bone material that in composition and consistency is almost exactly like human bone has been developed by a group of researchers from the National Institute for Research in Inorganic

The Asian Development Bank has approved a concessional loan of US dollar 40 million from its Special funds to improve the health status of Bangladesh's urban poor, especially children and women by

For just the fourth time in the past 10 years, the U.S. National Cancer Institute has called for an immediate change in the way doctors treat a particular type of cancer. The disease is cancer to the