A test due to be launched in North Carolina next month will allow doctors to predict exactly which patients with higher than normal cholesterol levels are at risk of heart disease and who will

The Union Health Ministry has sought the views of State Governments and non-Government Organisations (NGOs) on the draft national blood policy that it has formulated. The policy aims to tone-up the

British doctors are preparing to conduct the first full-scale clinical trial of a "shock wave" treatment for rheumatism. The treatment has so far been used on chronic calcific tendinitis of the

As Washington bureaucrats struggle to protect the privacy of medical records, some doctors are already using cutting-edge technology to snatch the information they need . Some grab files from

The first epidemic forecast centre of India will be set up in Ahmedabad shortly, state health minister Ashok Bhatt announced here. The Centre will be set up at a cost of Rs 12 corre and is likely to

One of the main reasons for brain haemorrhage is aneurysm or a blister in the brain, which goes largely undetected and if detected is seen as incurable. The only way of removing it was surgery where

It may soon be possible to eliminate syphilis in America. But to do it successfully will require a new approach to public health : a

Thanks to a grant from Japan under a scheme, called "Grant Assistance for Grassroots projects", St. Stephen's Hospital here will be able deliver health care services for women and children in the

"If you don't clip your nails, we will". The municipal Corporation, in an attempt to educate people on personal hygiene, has hired local barbers to go about trimming the fingernails of slum

No new commercial blood bank will be issued a licence, says a long awaited draft national policy on blood, announced on Wednesday. The policy aims at increasing voluntary blood donation to ensure