India will be the world's most populated country within the next 50 years, a UN estimate has said. India's population would rise by more than 50 per cent to 1.53 billion from the present one billion

Malaria has claimed over 400 lives in the State during the last six years following the Government's failure to effectively implement the National Malaria Eradication Programme. The Comptroller and

Out of 3,368 people examined near Jaduguda where uranium wastes are dumped in Bihar, 713 were found to have visible medical problems. Of those with detectable defects, 55 had to undergo detailed

Indian scientists have developed a simple method that warns about heart attacks by measuring the amount of a chemical produced in the body. The test, which takes only 10 minutes, is useful in

By performing a bloodless, pin-hole surgery and fixing a light-weight fixator, a team of Indian scientists and doctors claim that bone deformities due to polio and cerebral palsy can be corrected.The

The US yesterday stepped up pressure on the European Union over trade by taking the first steps towards imposing sanctions on European exports in retaliation for the EU's ban on hormone-treated

Glaxo Wellcome yesterday had a drug application rejected for the second time in as many months when the Medicines Control Agency refused to reintroduce Romazin, a treatment for adults who develop

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should develop a stricter standard for allowable levels of arsenic in the nation's drinking water supplies as soon as possible, says a new report by a

The time has come to review the process through which we can disseminate the information that TB is curable and and its treatment is provided free of charge, Nepal's Minister of Health Pradeep Nepal

Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is on the rise and there are 8 million new cases of TB every year. TB remains the single biggest killer of young women and kills as many women as all combined causes