The National Cardiovascular Center in Japan said it has developed the world's first endoscope small and flexible enough to be inserted into the heart of an infant, providing a three-dimensional view

The U.S. Senate, opening a new front in the antitobacco wars, endorsed a statutory, no-smoking standard not only for U.S. airlines but also for foreign carriers operating flights into the

The battle for reform of the US healthcare system will intensify this week as a group of senators put forward proposals to extend the range of coverage patients receive from healthcare providers. The

New research on demographics suggests that changes in mortality and fertility rates help explain a big part of Asia's growth miracle. The study 'Demographic Transitions and Economic Miracles in

Though more than 20 Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs) are working in the health sector in Assam, they failed to play an active role in controlling gastroenteritis, which created havoc in different

An estimated 10 million litres of 'synthetic milk' is produced every day in as many as 16 districts of western Uttar Pradesh, and many retailers are openly supplying this poisonous milk in the city

Supported by a fresh $200 million World Bank loan, India will begin clinical trials of the anti-HIV drug, AZT, on pregnant women this year, despite high costs and doubts as to its efficacy.Officials

"Uttar Pradesh will be rid of leprosy by the year 2001," the State Health Minister, Mr. Ramapati Shastri, stated here

Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Sunday it expects to soon start exports of sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in US drug maker Pfizer Inc's anti-impotence drug

The desi Viagra juggernaut rolls in. Will a low-cost sex revolution follow? : a