Researchers said early this weekthey found no link between cancer deaths and PCBs, which have been banned for more than 20 yearsbecause they are believed to cause cancer. A 31-year study of people

The government will organise a house-to-house polio immunisation drive for children under five in 56 identified areas on March 14, Health Minister A.K. Walia said

A survey in Britain shows that club-goers are continuing to use Viagra in a cocktail of drugs even though experts say the mix could be fatal. What's more, most of them seem to enjoy the results, so

The launching of a mobile boat clinic, first of its kind in Andhra Pradesh, is a floating messiah for the people living in the cyclone battered islands in Deviseema of Krishna district in the

It could take as much as two weeks to identify the deadly virus that has brought death to villages in the mid-western districts of Jumla and Humla in Nepal killing nearly 140 people during the past

Fluorosis, caused by excess fluoride in drinking water, is a silent menance in Rajasthan. The government seems to be doing very little to tackle the

Two major studies of experimental clot-busting drugs from Genetech Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Corp. have set the stage for a marketing war for the successor to Genetech's heart attack treatment,

A NASA-industry team has used the results of Space Shuttle experiments to develop a new flu drug that may decrease the length and severity of the illness and even prevent the development of symptoms

The Food and Drug Aministration will issue new guidelines for labels on aspirin, cold remedies and other over-the-counter drugs, requiring a standardized label designed to be easier to read and

A two-day expert group meet on Indian System on Medicines in the capital on Thursday will discuss control of epidemics like viral fever and malaria etc through Ayurveda and