Nearly 152 persons have tested HIV positive in Uttar Pradesh with nine full blown cases of AIDS, according to the State Health Minsiter, Mr. Ramapati Shastri.An official press release, quoting the

A 10-year study has found that adults exposed to second-hand smoke at home and in the workplace have a slightly higher risk of lung cancer, but it found no increased risk to children of

Dhanbad's only electric crematorium at Mohalbani, 20 km from Dhanbad on the bank of Damodar river, has turned into an instrument for smuggling of human organs. This obnoxious game, in operation

An AIDS drug could soon become the first pill approved in the U.S. to treat chronic hepatitis B. A U.S. government advisory panel unanimously recommended that Glaxo Wellcome Inc.'s Epivir-HBV be

The World Bank has approved 24 district projects in 17 States to provide health services in slums and semi-slum areas across the country. Of these Haryana has been granted two projects - one each at

The first International conference on multiple haling systems will be held in Ahmedabad from December 4. The three-day conference will be hosted by Healthcare International Multi-Therapy Institute,

China's efforts to control population growth have proven successful, with a population that is 200 million less than what it could have been had nothing been done, according to the State Statistical

The family planning programme of the state government is mired in controversy in the tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district following the death of a beneficiary and with several others developing

The West Bengal government rushed a 16-member medical team to Malda as there has been a fresh outbreak of gastroenteritis which has claimed seven lives and affected 500 since yesterday. Finance

The World Bank has agreed to provide financial aid to the tune of Rs 546 crore for the Karnataka health system development project, State Health and Family Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa said on