The demand for arecanut in the country is likely to crash in the next few years with more states planning to impose a ban on the use of panmasala. Already Kerala, Goa and Maharashtra, which are in

Smithkline Beecham Pharmaceuticals(I) Ltd is developing a single shot four-in-one India specific vaccine for dreaded disease like hepatitis B, diptheria, tetnus and whooping cough. The vaccine,

An Indian firm is launching an ayurvedic memory drug in the UK targeted at sufferers of Alzeimer's disease. Memory Plus, developed by the Delhi-based Velvet International, is derived from the Brahmi

One-tenth of the world's blind live in India and the country faces gross inadequacy of opthalmic personnel and lack of services in remote areas. Of the estimated 38 million blind people in the world,

The Health Ministry is concerned over a WHO proposal to change its policy of allocation of financial resources to its member-countries. The proposal which has already been approved by the WHO

To make its contribution to the cause of primary health care for the poor and the downtrodden, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation has been running a social marketing campaign to achieve the goal of "Health

Japanese scientists in Tokyo have created a miniature artificial chromosome which they hope would eventually be used to carry therapeutic genes for treating diseases like muscular

With Kenya, South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe leading the way, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa are at a critical turning point in their efforts to address the dual challenge of rapid population

A cholera epidemic has hit southwestern Rwanda where 219 cases have been recorded since

There is strong and broadbased support for the proposed government move to ban the manufacture and sale of gutka, pan masala and chewing tobacco, products, a nationwide opinion poll reveals.