The thousands of tourists who will throng Goa's beaches in the forthcoming summer months will be at the risk of catching malaria, as the infection attains near-epidemic proportions.According to

People who deliberately transmit the HIV virus that causes AIDS could face life imprisonment in Britain if Parliament adopts proposed changes to a 19-th century law made public on

Scientists have found out what may drive a normally monogamous male to chase any available female and neglect his family: the sex hormone testosterone. When male dark-eyed junco birds were given an

HOECHST Marion Roussel Ltd has introduced 'Frisium' (clobazam) in India, which is suitable for use as an adjuvant (add-on-drug) to treat all types of epilepsy. It is a drug, particularly effective in

Eminent heart surgeon and executive director of the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre (EHIRC), Dr. Naresh Trehan, has advocated the setting up of an independent panel of doctors for

The Union health ministry's Central Committee on Food Standards (CCFS) has passed a resolution to ban the manufacture, sale, distribution and storage of chewing tobacco and gutka . The resolution is

Antibiotics are readily available without a prescription from pharmacies and corner shops around Asia. Asia is quickly becoming a breeding ground for multi-drug resistant bacteria-capable of evading

Mounting evidence that the Peruvian government's family-planning program is employing coercion, misinformation or promises of food to presuade poor women to undergo sterilization has prompted public

European commision plans to introduce EU-wide rules on the use of asbestos appear to have run into trouble. A committee of scientific experts met last week to disucss the drawing up of definitive

Over 59 pc children of the country aging 6 to 71 months are malnourished in terms of deficient height- for- age or weight- for- age or both.This was unveiled in the survey report "The child nutrition