Seventy five persons were found suffering from leprosy in Ferozepore district during the current year. 50 of them migrant labourers. This was stated by the Deputy Commisioner, Mr Gurdev singh Sidhu,

NGO : A tribal organisation, Shramik Adivasi Sangathan, has alleged that many tribal-dominated villages in Shahpur tehsil of Betul district were in the grip of a virulent form of malaria. Addressing

A rogue gene discovered in a tumour removed a decade ago from a 75-year-old man has been found to play an important role in the development of many cancers, including the most common types such as

The Indraprasth Apollo Hospital, Delhi, has finally started providing free beds to poor patients. The hospital claims that the free treatment meted out to patients includes a free bed, diet, doctors'

About 11 per cent people in the country have been suffering from goitre, according to a survey report of UNICEF conducted in 417 thanas of the country. More than one lakh people in greater Rangpur

Half of men and a third of women will develop coronary heart disease after the age of 40, according to a new study of Americans that experts say emphasises the need for society-wide improvements in

The malarial parasite has been taking a toll on the lives of people living within Bangladesh, once thought to have been brought under control, to everybody's distress it has recently made itself

A deadly virus spreading through pig-rearing communities is believed to have killed a three-year-old girl, raising the death toll to five since the weekend. Concerned by an outbreak of Japanese b

Treating Parkinson's disease by making a small ring lesion in the brain rather than cutting through the skull to expose a large area of the head is an innovative method of treating the disease.Eight

The government is finally ensuring that wheat flour is free of rat droppings. The rule which allows five pieces of rat excreta and hair in one kilogram of cereals and pulses under the Prevention of