According to experts more than half of the counry's children, aged under-five, are "stunted." This is due to severe malnutirtion, which can impair their brain function also, experts

High-heeled footwear may be considered trendy, but it could also mean asking for joint problems. A large number of women wearing high-heeled shoes are at an increasing risk of developing arthritis

A team from Tokyo University of Technology's Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology reports the successful culturing of liver cells into a mass that functions like a second liver inside a mouse. The

Claiming to have discovered a miraculous treatment for cancer, Dr. Luigi Di Bella, an 85 year old physiologist in Modena, has for the last year held center stage in Italy, fighting and almost

One woman dies in the world every minute during pregnancy or at the time of delivery. About 30 million children born every year are "unwanted." Forty five million are killed in the womb because they

Nepal's population is growing at the rate of 2.37 percent annually, according to the statistics provided by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The population growth in urban areas is less

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