Two groups of researchers say they have found ways to make bone marrow transplant operations considerably safer and to expand the pool of donors. The unrelated studies, published in The New England

The US government is hoping to launch the largest ever clinical trial into breast cancer treatments. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is planning to conduct a trial involving over 20,000

Belgium pork exported to the UK could contain traces of banned drugs used to tranquilise pigs on their way to the abbatoir. The chemicals could be placing UK consumers at risk, claims a division of

The Australian Health Minister, Mr Rob Knowles, has ordered an investigation into allegations that three patients acquired the antibiotic-resistant germ VRE because of a breach of infection control

The Delhi police's crime branch has registered a case of culpable homicide and death due to negligence against health minister Harsh Vardhan and others in connection with a large number of septicemic

The Pakistan health ministry has started a comprehensive campaign through the district health officers against quackery in the country. Strict action would be taken against quacks under Medical and

The $3 billion Becton Dickinson, global leaders in the manufacture of medical devices has introduced a novel system for collection of blood samples 'Vacutainer'. A patented Becton Dickinson System

A sum of Rs. 7.5 crores has been pledged under the AIDS Prevention and Control Project (APAC) of the Voluntary Health Service (VHS), a non-governemntal organiation, to be provided as grants to 50

A new margarine made with a fat-blocking derivative from pine trees lowers blood cholesterol by an average of 14 per cent in people who eat it, US researchers reported on Wednesday. Men and women

The new Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Mr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, has called for an international treaty to control advertising, taxation, foreign sales and package design of