Despite pursuing an 'alternative approach" to planning and development, especially in the rural areas , West Bengal's population is poorly served in terms of trained medical staff. A recent study,

Find a doctor these days and head down to the corner drugstore with a few prescriptions in hand, and you can walk out with a sack of goodies that promise to make life better. This is the new frontier

Once an obscure speciality, bloodless medicine is becoming more common now because of advances in technology. Seventy-six hospitals in the United States now offer bloodless medicine, up from only a

A medical breakthrough in Australia means that pigs' hearts could soon be beating inside human breasts. Researchers in Melbourne have found a way round the knotty problem of organ rejection that has

Two Indian companies were among those who imported blood products from an Austrian firm now accused of trading internationally in tainted blood sources, a Health Ministry official in Vienna

Health experts in the city have expressed alarm over the alleged violation of mandatory norms by blood banks. There are reported to be four authorised and two unauthorised blood banks in

Harvard researchers say a study of thousands of nurses has provided the first strong evidence that obesity greatly increases the risk of developing asthma. Even a little bit of fat increases the

With the once-dreaded polio on its way out following a sustained immunisation programme, Indian medicos have now set their eyes on eliminaiton of haemophilus influenza type B (HIB), a major cause of

Heads of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the network of practising doctors, have proposed a three-pronged scheme to the Union government to ensure affordable access to health care for all

Growing malaise : A silent, embarrassing affliction sweeps Indian bedrooms, with men from all age groups and social classes desperately touring to doctors for cures.