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

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.