The dreaded dengue has appeared on the outskirts of Hamirpur district headquarters town and if no timely and effective steps are taken, the entire town may fall prey to it. The fever mainly spreads

Protesters at the agitation against the ban on non-iodised salt at Churchgate station on Friday alleged that the health minister was giving business interst precedence over health issues and consumer

Eighteen tribal women belonging to Barwah tehsil in Khargone district have been observing an indifinite hunger strike since Tuesday at Indore to press for a ban on the sale of liquor in their

55% in U.S. : The United States plans to change its government definition of what is a healthy weight, a move that would classify millions more Americans as being overweight. Under the new

An ultra-modern medical laboratory facility, Prahtama Blood Centre, set to come up in the city shortly will attain the distinction of being the first in the country to segregate blood components for

The attempts of the police to check the illegal trade in human organs in likely to be a non-starter since the state government has yet to ratify the Human Organ Transplant (HOT) Act of 1994. This

Virologist Donald Francis, who successfully battled Ebola in the Sudan and smallpox in India, is now taking on the trickiest assignment of his career: an international test of an AIDS vaccine. Dr.

In an important but interesting case, the question of whether radiotherapists can administer chemotherapy to a cancer patient is being examined by the Kerala High Court. Prima facia, Justice K

IMA : The Indian Medical Association has said that the Union Budget has failed to give the health sector due importance.

Researchers at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Harvard Medical School in the U.S. came up with the hypothesis that wearing shoes with tall heels increase the risk of arthritis in the knees. The