Colon cancer is less likely to recur in patients who received an experimental anti cancer vaccine after undergoing surgery than in those who did not receive the vaccine, researchers report in this

There is growing evidence that natural therapies are working effectively to improve health and prolong the lives of HIV/AIDS sufferers. Many doctors who specialise in treating people with HIV are

Chinese doctors have made the first link between a new type of hepatitis virus and liver cancer. The discovery could open new avenues of research into liver cancer treatment, they say. Previously,

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is charging Swiss drugs manufacturer Novartis with misleading the public in television adverts for its cholesterol-lowering drug Lescol. According to the

US epidemiologists have found a possible new threat facing production workers employed in the vinyl chloride industry before 1972. The largest study of its kind has found the first link between vinyl

Chemicals found in cherries could one day replace aspirin, according to US researchers. Laboratory tests have shown that anthocyanins, which give tart cherries their red colour, can act as powerful

Several doctors fail to detect the early signs of leprosy. The disease is often diagnosed as a skin problem and treatment gets delayed. This issue was highlighted by patients and health experts at

A banana or two a day keeps your blood pressure at bay, according to scientists who report that bananas can lower hypertention, offering a cheap and safe alternative to drugs. A study on human

Health Education and Literacy Project (HELP), an NGO involved in community development activities, has provided polio vaccines to a total of over six thousand children in several urban slumps in the

Doctors warned people to avoid traveling on public transportation wednesday after medical authorities declared a flu epidemic , with hospitals treatment 1,500 cases a day, a Romanian doctor said.