Patients in need of blood at the Zonal Hospital (Dharamsala) are falling prey to professional blood donors who are allegedly operating through certain hospital employees and local pharmacists.

Birth live on the Internet: A 40-year-old Florida woman is scheduled to give birth live on the Internet on Tuesday, the first ever online delivery, a cable television health network said on

The total number of recorded cases of people infected with the AIDS-causing virus in the Philippines has risen to 1,071, a local newspaper quoted the health department as saying in Manila on

WHO: As many as 1 million between the ages of 15 and 44 will die of tuberculosis (TB) and 2.5million will get sick from the disease this year, making TB the single leading cause of deaths, among

UK biotechnology company GW Pharmaceuticals announced on Thursday 11 June that it has been granted government licences to cultivate cannabis plants andto conduct the first large-scale clinical trials

The government proposes to introduce a comprehensive legislation to reduce the use of tobacco in the country, according to health and family welfare minister Dalit Ezhilmalai.

California's system of labelling food additives and chemicals is flawed and inconsistent with state law, the world's largest food manufacturers association claimed on Friday 12 June. The Grocery

Scientists have used drunken fruit flies to make a breakthrough in the search for a genetic cause of alcoholism. Researchers at the University ofCalifornia decided to test whether the insects could

European Commission (EC) is imposing financial penalties on Indian firms who export antibiotics to Europe. The move follows claims by native drug makers that the imports, which are heavily subsidised

At the moment, cannabis is seen by most authorities around the world as part of narcotics and not as a medicine. In America, at least, the government seems to be taking fairly effective measures to