About 25,000 Nepali citizens are feared to be infected with HIV. This was stated by Dr B B Karki, director of the National Centre for AIDS and STD Control. His statement is the first that a senior

A breastfed child is healthier and less prone to infections, say experts. Breastfeeding also saves unnecessary expenditure on alternatives like bottle feeding. Addressing reporters on the first day

Scientists believe diabetics will one day replace daily injections with an implanted shock wave container of cells that produce insulin therapy naturally, writes Sean Hargrave. Animal tests on the

On an average 105 female infants were killed every month in Dharamapuri district throughout 1997. This was despite the tall claims of successive state governments and the many schemes launched to

One in every 3,500 new-born babies worldwide is affected by a thyroid deficiency. Up to 1 in 900 babies are born with this deficiency in regions with low iodine diets. If the disease is detected

In a national drive against polio, Nepal will hold its third year immunization programmes on Dec 7 and Jan 18. A World Health Organization (WHO) report puts the number of children (below five)

The Five-Year Health and Population Sector programme is set to run from 1998 to 2003 in Bangladesh. Designed in the light of the proposed National Health Policy, the Programme Implementation Plan

Computer simulations help teach people everything from how to pilot an aircraft to how to manage a company. Now Physiome Sciences, a new medical venture, has built a simulation of the human heart to

Accusing the tobacco industry of stalling, Massachusetts has pulled out of negotiations between nine states and cigarette makers trying to reach an out-of-court national tobacco

A decade after the Behala adulterated oil tragedy which took the lives of 37 people, many who survived with stricken limbs are still awaiting justice. Memories of the tragedy in July 1988 prompted