Stop smoking for a day and you may live to regret it, say researchers in the UK

Organ transplants from pigs to humans could start within months if a forthcoming application to perform such operations is approved by the British government, a medical research company said on

Minister : Health and family welfare minister Dalit Ezhilmalai said that the national draft policy on HIV/AIDS prevention and cure has been finalised. The Drugs and Cosmetic Act and Rules is being

Dying during or just after a bypass operation happens more often to women than men, and no one knows why. "Finding an explanation...," said Dr. Fred H. Edwards, "...will require new research."

The Rs 1,333 crore Ranbaxy Laboratories is readying itself to launch a 75 mg over the counter version (OTC) of anti-ulcer drug, rantidine, in the US by Decemeber this year to cash in on the generic

The Delhi Government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today began a short training programme for over 30,000 students to create awareness for prevention of water-borne diseases and

A research foundation in Bangalore has developed a new drug for obesity control that, it claims, is totally safe and much more effective than available formulas in the market. The Vittal Mallya

Scientists and virologists, confronted with setbacks in their quest for anti-AIDS drugs, reiterate prevention as the best bet to control the spread of the disease.

The Zydus group, the holding company of Cadila Healthcare Ltd, has signed a joint venture agreement with the $256-million Korea Green cross Corporation (KGCC) to manufacture and market recombinant

Researchers in Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, and Hamilton are involved in an international flu treatment trial which may yield a cure for the highly infectious disease. The research under way in