When it comes to public health, how far should governments compel people to do what is good for others : a

A city scientist, who drew international media attention late last year claiming to have discovered an insulin-shot substitute, said he was weary of waiting for a

The most recent figures released by the British government on the latest tally of deaths from new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD), the human form of mad cow disease released on April

Alcohol can harm various body functions including that of the brain and also the foetus, according to Prof. J.C.M.Brust, director, Department of Neurology, Columbia University affiliated

Report : More than 300 different bio-technology medicines are in development, including vaccines against cancer and drugs to treat a whole range of diseases, US drugmakers said on Friday. Nearly

A major study to assess tobacco attributable mortality in Chennai has been taken up by the cancer Institute, Adyar, with financial support from three international

The government wants the voiceless to remain voiceless. Neither does it take any action for their upliftment nor does it allow the people to do anything for themselves. This was the outcry of women

U.S. researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York examined the mortality rates of participants in a survey from the early 1970s, which recorded the daily food intake of over

Sweating too much is not only embarrassing, it may also indicate a disorder called focal hyperhidrosis. Anti-perspirants won't help. But a new procedure developed by German researchers, might. They

Fifty-six cases of gastroenteritis have been reported from the Bangalore City limits from April 1 including a death early this month, according to Bangalore Mahanagara Palike health