the Maharashtra government has withdrawn a controversial circular seeking to isolate hiv -positive women in the state and carrying out compulsory Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (aids)

Drugs for treating cancer will be more effective and less toxic in future and molecular technology is propelling the development of a cancer vaccine, according to researchers. Scientists at a recent

The United Nations is blaming the multi-billion dollar western pop music industry for the dramatic rise in drug abuse world-wide. "The most worrisome development is a culture of drug-friendliness

Children are the most susceptible to dietary vices - as the focus on them by advertising and fast food companies testfies. But overeating during childhood does not just produce obesity. It may

A breakthrough in the treatment of Malaria may be near as scientists at Johns Hopkins University are developing an anti-malarial treatment based on artemisinin, a derivative of a Chinese herbal

Facing pressure from American aid officials and congressional threats to cut off assistance, the Peruvian government is abadoning a campaign that led to sterilizations of thousands of poor

An outbreak of malaria has killed 31 people in the southern Philippines and officials on Wednesday blamed bandits for frightening off health teams sent to kill mosquitoes in remote

Mr. Ashutosh Pal, a Lucknow University student, got a fresh lease of life when the lower half of his cancer-affected breathing passage was removed and reconstructed at the Batra Hospital and Medical

Residents of the walled city, after facing and bearing unseasonal rains and its consequences are now in the grop of throat infection and fever. Their problem is being aggravated because of the

A group of 20 anti-smoking activists and self described nicotine addicts filed a class action suit against a Japanese affiliate of the U.S. tobacco giant Philip Morris Co., demanding it stop sales