A divided Supreme Court handed advocates of abortion rights a victory Monday by leaving intact a precedent-setting ruling that struck down a state law banning a type of late-term abortion. The

The US army is fighting a global battle against a deadly enemy with frightening air borne stealth capabilities - an adversary who flies around undetected, delivers its killer payload and quietly

The US Supreme Court let stand a lower court decision that ruled unconstitutional a state's attempt to ban some late term abortions. Though the Court's action did not constitute a formal ruling on

Moscow's creaking healthcare system may seem unlikely to attract rich foreigners seeking delicate surgery. But in an extraordinary twist, the Russian capital has become a mini boom town for plastic

The public is largely unaware and the authorities nonchalant. But doctors are steadily getting more and more cases of a relatively new and dangerous scourge stalking the Calcutta and countryside:

The detection of 37 malignant malaria cases in the Calcutta city has led the Calcutta Municipal Corporation to set up an expets team which is conducting an anti-larvae drive. CMC technicians examined

A new wonder drug, which could simultaneously cure cancer in blood, central nervous system, lungs, ovaries and the breast is on the cards. And the onus for this is on T. Ravikumar whose thesis

The Indian Council of Medical Research has come up with a new set of guidelines on the issue of transfer of biological material into and outside India for biomedical

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has set up a Core Group of experts to address the issue of gender inequality with respect to maternal mortality, female foeticide and infanticide and poor

Women suffering from advanced breast cancer that has spread to other organs may soon be able to take a pill in their quest to slow their incurable disease. Advisers to the US Food and Drug