Melbourne scientists have grown a crystal that offers new hope for the treatment of diseases such as cancer and diabetes. The team has found out how animal cells receive and transmit a chemical that

A standard treatment given to hospital patients suffering from burns, severe shock or blood loss might have caused thousands of deaths over 50 years, researchers have found. A human blood protein,

The common practice of exposing lung cancer patients to radiation therapy after surgery may do more harm than good and should not be used routinely , a study published on Friday said. In the largest

About 16% of Japan's 126 million people are now over 65. By 2015, the figure could be one in four. The reason for this is improving health care, allowing people to live longer, coupled with a

Protection against Lyme diesase works : Lyme disease vaccines can prevent the tick-borne infection in most people who take it, say two new studies. But experts warn that even with an effective

More than one in five hospital patients report having persistent pain, with the condition causing depression and anxiety, a team of researchers have found.The study of 15 health centres in 14

More than 500 people living in remote rural areas in Nepal are reported to have died of infectious diseases since April. The government has come under sharp criticism for failing once again to

Retail prices of the Hepatitis-B vaccine are set to crash following an offer by Shanta Biotech, the first Indian manufacturer, to supply the vaccine at Rs 75 a dose for public health programme. The

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirms that 39 men have died while taking the anti-impotency drug Viagra. The FDA says 85 percent of the patients had one or more risk factors reported for

Consumers may soon have to do without their regular multivitamin dose, if the government fails to tackle the acute shortage of vitamin B1, the bulk active used in a range of multivitamins and vitamin