With birth rates around the world falling, one can expect fewer people through the next century. That scenario, U.S. think tanks say, is cause for concern. "Mounting evidence from rich nations and

A new subject - rehabilitation of torture victims - might be introduced in the medical curriculum in all medical colleges in the country. It was learnt that the Indian Medical Association has

False alarms : Nearly one third of all American women who undergo annual breast cancer checkups for a decade can expect to get at least one false alarm, wrongly suggesting the presence of a tumor,

China has drawn up reforms for its backward medical care system that aim to provide coverage for all urban workers and could generate more business for Western insurance companies. Under the plan,

Brain tumors are one of the most frighening forms of cancer as they damage the soft sponge, packed inside the skull, that controls our lives. But there is glimmer of hope from a radical new treatment

Representatives of private satellite TV channels in India told the government that they favoured self-regulation regarding the airing of liquor and tobacco advertisements. At a meeting which I&B

A confidential database of people being treated for HIV andtheir medical regimes will be set up later this year to address concerns that thousands of HIV patients are not on medication. The database,

The AIDS scare has hit the Aligarh city as 31 patients has tested HIV positive at the AIDS Surveillance Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College at Aligarh Muslim University. Among these, 27 belong

Brain tumors are one of the most frighening forms of cancer as they damage the soft sponge, packed inside the skull, that controls our lives. But there is glimmer of hope from a radical new treatment

Health Minister H C Mahadevappa today stated in the Legislative Assembly that production of anti-rabies vaccines would be increased at the State's only vaccine producing unit at Belgaum under the