Three of the busiest railway stations in the Capital are slowly degenerating into breeding grounds for infectious diseases, says the latest report of the non-governmental organisation, Vatavaran.

Two Chinese arrested in New York have been charged with conspiring to supply medical transplants cut from executed Chinese prisoners. Some body parts, such as kidneys, would be transplanted to

Ultrasound devices might be considered safe, but most of the machines used in different clinics, hospitals and nursing homes are not quite reliable and can lead to wrong diagnosis as well as damaged

A two-day state level workshop on nutrition, health, and sanitation has recommended the development of state specific need-based strategies and district action plans to combat malnutrition,

Experts : Leptospirosis disease, lesser known and difficult to diagnose, is fast emerging as a major public health porblem in villagers and cities in India, warn experts. Speaking at a round table

The UK government set doctors and health service managers, a tight deadline for putting in place proposed health service reforms, outlined in a white paper published last

Premature babies or those with low birth weight (1600 to 1800 grams or less) run a high risk of retina detachment, the Vitreo Retinal Congress 1998 warned here.

The government is expected to soften its stand on the export ban initiated for 53 plants and their derivatives to enable ayrvedic drug manufacturers get more than a toe-hold in the international

MERCK & Co said it won US Food and Drug Administration approval of its new asthma drug, Singulair.Singulair is a once-a-day pill for the treatment and prevention of

A Chinese bio-chemical pharmaceutical factory in Wuhan City of Central China's Hubei Province has begun the cultivation of bow-bezoar or cow-gallstone, a very precious medicinal material for