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,

A promising new strategy of gene therapy for the treatment of diabetes has been developed by a trans-Pacific research team including scientists from Yokohama City University, Mt. Sinai School of

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