A report last week estimated that more than 100,000 hospital patients die in the United States each year from adverse drug reactions, more than from diabetes, pneumonia or many other serious

"Successful Aging" by John Rowe and Robert Kahn, is a book which summarizes a decade of solid research not wild speculation or extrapolation, conducted by 16 prestigious scientists among thousands of

An African disease -fighting campaign that has largely succeeded in controlling river blindness will be ravamped to include other afflictions, a UN official said yesterday.

Viral fever is catching on in the Capital due to the changing season. Patients down with high fever and shivering, accompanied by irritating dry cough and pain in throat and chest, have been

details sought from Vienna: Stung by the contaminated blood export scandal, the Austrian Government has taken steps to bring to book those responsible for the illegal trade in AIDS infected blood

An organ donation campaign has been launched in Coimbatore, inspired by a rare gesture from the parents of an 18 year old boy from Kerala. A gesture that led to the first multiple organ transplant

Acupuncture, the 5,000 years old medical practice can treat difficult incurable infections like hepatitis, a recent case has showed, according to Dr R K Tuli of the Delhi's Apollo Hosptial after he

Medical researchers looking into a puzzling outbreak of brain tumors at an Amoco Corp Research Centre say they have made an important step towards finding the cause of the problem. Since 1989, 17

A scientific survey on the blindness of children is being undertaken for the first time in the world in three countries. Nepal, People's Republic of China and Chile are the three countries where such

Dr Ahmed: With modern medical science making rapid strides, it is now possible to cure leprosy with only a single dose of medicine. This was disclosed by Dr Mafizuddin Ahmed, Joint Director