In a shocking development, the Central Food Research Laboratory has termed 30 percent of the cooking oil samples tested for possible adulteration as "dubious". But none of the samples collected in

Two population sub-group at the two ends of the age spectrum-young adolescents and elderly perons-- are posing an increasing challenge to countries across the globe in providing medical, social and

CAG report : Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party's Delhi Government cites lacunae in the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act for its failure to curb adulteration in food items and lately, mustard

In what could boost pharmaceutical companies' sales across the world, US researchers have shown that commonly-used drug paracetamol helps protect blood from changes that lead to hardening of

Australia and New Zealand will have the fastest growing populations among developed nations for the first quarter of the next century, according to a United Nations Population Fund report. It said

The positive health education scheme of the Delhi Government was today extended to all its schools following the success of the programme introduced earlier in select schools. The scheme, seeking to

A bacterial growth factor that plays an important role in the development of tuberculosis has been discovered by a team of scientists in Wales and Russia. The research could provide new approaches

Hunger and disease have killed at least 100 people, mostly children, in the rebel-held Kailahun district of Sierra Leone, health officials in the eastern part of the country

India's population, which is 975.8 million at present, will reach the billion mark early in the new century and, growing at the rate of 1.6 per cent, will rise to 1.38 billion in 2025, according to

Australian drug developer AMRAD Corp on Wednesday launched a rapid diagnostic test for two different strains of