to combat the spurious medicines that have flooded the tribal belts of south Bihar, the health department has planned to launch a massive hunt for the manufacturers responsible for marketing these

Chickens have started arriving in Hongkong from the mainland for the first time since a ban was imposed to stop the spread of bird flu seven weeks

The seventh plan has seen Trasihgang dzongkhag achieve remarkable success in the health sector. Before the implementation of the seventh plan the dzongkhag's health coverage was less than 60 percent

World's top tennis player Martina Hingis is in the kingdom for twin purposes - one is trekking and the other is a visit to a health project in Nawalparasi funded by her. With the coming of the

World Trade Organisation members yesterday formally endorsed WTO panel and appeals body rulings against the European Union's ban on hormone-treated beef which was found not to be based on scientific

Researchers are on the point of developing drugs to help people whose lives are blighted by "neuropathic" pain, the intense, long-lasting and almost untreatable pain caused by damaged nerves, the

Not withstanding fundamental conceptual differences and doubts, the Arya Vaidya Sala (AVS), Kottakkal, and the CSIR under the Union Government have agreed on a collaborative research programme aimed

A surgeon at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences removed a 11.5 kg kidney through keyhole surgery in a two-and-a half -hour- long operation here on Friday evening.

Hoechst Marion Ropussel Ltd, has introduced a new anti-epilepsy drug "Frisium" in India. The drug is effective in treating chronic therapy resistant epilepsy and is suitable for use as an adjuvant

The Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FrIht) and the Indian Institute of Science are organising a four-day international conference on medicinal plants in Bangalore from