The country's first-ever symposium on fungal-disease-- which has recently acquired prominence in medical studies--is being organised by the Department of Medical Mycology, Delhi University. The

Fungus can do the needful : Government researchers are testing a fungus they believe will kill narcotics plants without harming other crops or animal life, a potential breakthrough aimed at cutting

The number of HIV positive cases is increasing in Haryana, and this district tops the list. According to official information, as many as 11 persons have died so far in the state due to this disease.

More than 10 per cent Delhiites suffer from lung diseases like asthma, bronchities, and empysema. Part of the problem is due to the high levels of pollution, in which Delhi ranks fourth in the world.

A Delhi-based NGO, the Population Foundation of India (PFI), will train panchayat members of Haryana in population stabilisation, reproductive health, family planning, water supply, sanitation and

Relatives of victims of new variant CJD, the fatal human brain condition, were given a diagnosis linking the disease to BSE as early as 1993 - nearly three years before the government admitted the

A conference was held on "Noise Pollution and its Effects on Health" at the India International Centre on Thursday chaird by Dr. S kacker, the former director of AIIMS, the conference sought to look

A recent study by two demographers at the Centre for Development Studies and the Kerala University has questioned the long held claim over the low infant mortality rate in Kerala. The study by Dr. S

The search for ways of preventing Alzheimer's disease is throwing up many candidates-some of them surprisingly prosaic : a

Iceland's plan to set up a database containing genetic information about its population is being opposed by doctors who claim it is medically unethical and could threaten the right to privacy. Thanks