As per the United Nations projections, India's present population of 975 million people will reach over a billion in 2001. India's population will surpass China's by 2040. There is little chance of

A large number of diabetics suffer from foot infections and non-healing ulcers and many have to go amputation of the foot. According to doctors, 50 per cent of these amputations can be avoided if

The diarrhoea and dysentery - which are sprading like epidemic in Golaghat district of Assam have already claimed 12 lives so far in the flood affected areas of

At a time when health experts warn of the ticking AIDS bomb, a unique health project in remote North-East may set an example for the rest of the country in combating HIV and other sexually

The world's only person with somebody's else fingerprints was expected to leave a French hospital with the transplanted hand and forearm he received there three weeks ago, his doctors said. The

The DAV Research Society for Health have cautioned the citizens against synthetic and adulterated khoya which was being sold in the markets. The president of the society, Dr R P Parasher, in a letter

A new type of vaccine that is cheaper and easier to produce than traditional vaccines may some day be used to protect people from diseases such as malaria, researchers have said. The new type of

A massive street theatre campaign on health issues in Dharamapuri, one of the most backward districts in Tamil Nadu, has resulted in an impressive increase in the demand for healthcare in the area.

US-based food processing firm H.J. Heinz Co has announced that it is recalling its Heinz Beginner Strained Carrots baby food from Malaysian markets after traces of lead were detected.

Transfusions at public hospitals in Hong Kong were halted for five hours yesterday after kits used to test blood donations for syphilis were found to be faulty. The kits had been used to test more