The health ministry has rejected a new cooking medium 'randhan' sought to be introduced by vanaspati manufacturere, on grounds that the product could be passed off as ghee by unscrupulous

The Mumbai high court has ordered a stay against the purchase of 2,000 lakh doses of oral polio vaccine (OPV) by the department of health and family welfare (DoFW) from Delhi-based Radicura and

Wine can prevent brain disorders as well as most cancers. Drinking a few few glasses of wine daily can dramatically reduce the number of visits to the doctor. Those were some of the findings reported

Aspiring Thai monks may have to take urine tests. Thailand's education ministry wants men applying to become Buddhist monks to submit to urine test for drug use and the virus that causes AIDS. More

Swiss scientists have reported the discovery of a novel retrovirus (which converts itself from RNA to DNA after penetrating host cells and inserting itself into genes there) concealed in the DNA of

As the no. of malaria deaths continues to rise the government is pressing for a malaria control programme on the lines adopted by certain African countries. In this connection, director of the

India and South East Asian countris are opposing a move by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to cut the region's budget while enhancing funds for Africa and Central Europe. The 10-member South East

Teenagers in Brazil gave birth to 900,000 babies last year, thus accounting for 26.5 per cent of all live births in the country. Girls between the ages of 10 and 14 years gave birth to 1.23 per cent

Television advertising of prescription drugs is spiralling upwards in the US after a rule change last year which allowed such advertising for the first time. Mass media campaigns promoting brand-name

A "bioartificial liver" based on pig liver cells, is set to go into late phase clinical trials in the US and Europe over the next two months. The HepatAssist Liver Support System is designed to