The Comptroller and audit general report on Pondicherry has blamed the union territory administration for using a drug, sulphaguanidine, defying a ban imposed on its use by the government of India in

Fearing huge payouts to millions of American men, several large insurers are adopting strict reimbursement policies for Viagra, Pfizer's new pill for impotence, requring proof of a medical cause for

Scientists at the US National Institutes of Health this week said 10 volunteers had been successfully immunised against E.Coli bacteria by eating raw potatoes. The experiment was the first human

Nuclear medicine, a comparatively young branch of medical science, is bringing new hope for patients suffering from soft tissue cancers and those requiring by-pass surgery of the heart, according to

No one can say for sure how many days it takes for a common cold take to cure. But, scientists of Biomoleculer Engineering and Curnin School of Medicine, Melbourne, claim that a permanent cure of flu

The Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), an autonomous institution under the Governemnt of Kerala, has got international recognition for its research on Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). The centre

The much heralded impotence fighting drug vigra has conquered the US market, crushing its competition in just three weeks, a pharmaceutical market analysis group

For those "sick" at heart, there is a second chance with the introduction of a new technique for detecting defects more accurately. It is known as "intravascular ultrasournd" or IVUS . This method

Researchrs have said they had created a possible new source for treating Parkinson's patients - the brain cells of cloned cattle. Brain cells from cattle fetuses were genetically engineered, then

Determined to keep efforts about second hand smoke dangers from mushrooming, the tobacco industry mobilized a counter attack in the mid-1980s to systematically discredit any researcher claiming