Encephalitis and meningitis which have also spread in Parsa district of Nepal have claimed 21 lives, according to Narayani Sub-Regional Hospital,

Medicinal plants help cure or treat common ailments but they are fast vanishing. An innovative, experimental project to create awareness among people about the traditional use of medicinal plants is

Shoes and slippers manufactured in India, China and other Asian countries contain substances that could cause cancer, according to the latest edition of the French trade magazine Le Cuir(Leather).

Caffeine in coffee and tea protects cells against damage by radiation, according to scientists who have found yet another pleasant aspect of cup that cheers. Caffeine, widely consumed by Indians in

A vaccine to treat bain cancer has shown promising results in preliminary studies in the United States, which is expected to serve as a basis for future clinical trials in humans. Scientists at

A banana or two a day keeps your blood pressure at bay, according to scientists who report that bananas can lower hypertension, offering a cheap altenative to drugs. A study on human volunteers by

A joint research team at Yamanashi University has unearthed a number of 200-year-old ray fungi that could be used in the development of new medicines to treat diseases such as

A more accurate blood test for the hepatitis C virus and HIV will be implemented in blood banks across Australia after health ministers voted unanimously yesterday to adopt the new

For all those jaundice patients who feel up and about after popping a steroid pill recommended by their "doctors" , the trouble has just begun. Administering steroids has become a general practice

The civil surgeon of Nagaland's Mon district has sent an SOS to the State governemnt and the health department to rush medical teams with sufficient medicines for combating the communicable viral