Scientitsts have made human hearts grow tiny new blood vessels by injecting proteins, raising hopes that the procedure may one day be used to treat people with clogged heart arteries. The study was

British scientists are developing an artificial pancreas that could save diabetics from the pain of daily injections. The device. which researchers hope could be implanted in the Patient's abdomen,

Indian rabbits could, at last heave a sigh of relief if the Bangalore-based pharmaceutical equipment distributor's grand plans to domestically produce a reagent for testing fever-causing pyrogens

Blood transfusions can be hazardous, even after matching the blood group and tests for various viral infections are performed, according to Prof Mammen Chandy of the CMC hopsital in Vellore. Speaking

In New Zealand tobacconists can breathe easy. The "T" world that has caused such angst is to be allowed to remain in the Yellow Pages. The Ministry of Health sought legal advice on whether the

Experts from various disciplines of Indian system of medicines (ISM) have emphasised the need for an action plan for the development and maintenance of the traditional system of treatments of the

The cancer specialist, Dr. Prafulla B. Desai, of the Tata Memorial Centre(TMC), Mumbai, has won the $150,000 Mucio Athayde Cancer prize for 1998 awarded by the International Union Against Cancer. Dr.

Police in BadenWurttemberg are scouring supermarket shelves for baby food poisoned by a blackmailer demanding 800,000 marks (US $ 450,000) from Nestle, the food multinational.

The Embassy of Japan has agreed to provide a financial assistance of US $21,325 to Ghartichhap Village Development Committee, Ghartichhap for the execution of the construction project of a sub

Doctors in Hong Kong have found antibodies to the "bird flu" virus in health workers, renewing fears that the virus that killed six persons in Hong Kong could be spread by human