A threat to minorities health : In a report that afforded President Clinton the perfect opportunity to renew his call for comprehensive tobacco legislation, the surgeon general, David Stacher, has

Liggett & Myers Inc., smallest of the big five cigarette makers in the United States, agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department's criminal investigation of the tobacco

Akinori Ito, an anti-smoking activist, is angry. While American cigarette makers face tough restrictions at home, they are making a killing selling their deadly products in Asia, he says. So Mr. Ito

Norwegians deemed insane or mentally retarded were used in U.S. backed radiation experiments during the Cold War, a retired senior health official asserted. "People were used as research subjects to

Those suffering from acidity and peptic ulcers now have the option of a painless surgical correction, thanks to the revolutionary technique of minimally invasive surgery of the upper

The India Health Care Federation has suggested the need to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) of nearly $7 billion annually in the country to establish an efficient health care infrastructure.

The Liberal government of Jean Chretien, Canada's prime minister, faces a confidence vote over a US$766m compensation package for an estimated 22,000 victims who contracted hepatitis C from tainted

A survey covering slum dwellers in Calcutta has shown lesser incidence of infant and maternal mortality and morbidity and decline in cases of communicable diseases and malnutrition in the last five

A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed in Madison, charging three men with conspiring to illegally remove dangerous asbestos from an aging Wisconsin manufacturing plant. The three men, charged

Makers of plastic tableware are on the defensive as concern arises over the health threat posed by them. The reason for the safety concerns is that the plastic tableware is made with polycarbonate,