With the number of typhoid and para-typhoid cases rising in Ghaziabad, experts have not ruled out the possibility of the disease spreading to Delhi. This was stated by Dr S.K. Agarwal of the medicine

Rising global temperature could bring more than floods and severe weather. They may allow for the wider spread of tropical illness like dengue fever, scientists warned. Researchers at the John

The Government of Assam has initiated steps to amend the Assam Health Establishment Act, 1993, in order to incorporate specific penal provisions to take action against the nursing homes responsible

Social activists in the city have expressed deep concern over the tactics adopted to promote Benson and Hedges cigarettes in Delhi. The company, which has launched a publicity blitz, now plans to

Illness caused by contaminated foods will increase unless the government undertakes new and comprehensive public health efforts to detect cases amd prevent outbreaks, leading experts said at a

The Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, Bombay in association with the Sankara Netralaya here, has developed the prototype of a radio-active "plaque" to be used for treating tumours of the eye.The small

The Centre's decision to ban non-iodised salt while making mandatory the sale of iodised salt tantamounts to a violation of the fundamental rights, experts have said.

By January next week, school children in India should be able to get a nutritious, tasty but affordable snacks such as 'chikies' or candies, according to Dr Manju Sharma. The nutritious packet has

An appeals court judge opened a formal inquiry into the UK government's handling of mad cow disease and said he couldn't meet his deadline of reporting at the end of the year. Justice Nicholas

Children who reach the thinnest point of childhood before age 5 are more than twice as likely to become obese adults as children who lose their baby fat later, researchers from Children's Hospital