The largest and most sacred rivers of India are highly polluted while the quality of Godavari waters is excellent, states a study conducted by researchers of Andhra University.

Expressing serious concern over the effect of radiation from mobile phones and mobile towers in residential areas, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday asked the Centre to place

The dengue outbreak in Cuttack, that has affected more than 200 people and claimed one life, is of its own making.

Pune: A mobile-based application can now be used as a tool to monitor malaria prevalence in the community.

The State government has requested the Indian Council of Medical Research to study the co-relation, if any, between endosulfan and deformity at birth.

M. Madan Gopal, Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, told The Hindu that the genetic impact of the pesticide had to be studied to prove conclusively the link between endosulfan and deformity at birth.

Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern States fall under the Asian belt of oesophagus cancer together with China

Cancer of the oesophagus – or what is commonly called food pipe – has been detected as the third most common cancer in India, with people from the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir found to be the highest affected by the disease, said experts on Tuesday.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has set up an expert group work out a strategy to ensure eradication of wild polio virus and minimise the risk of emergence and circulation of Vaccine-

Dr Nirmala Vaze's family tree is not just a patchwork of long-forgotten names and dates. There's a secret that flows through its branches: Cancer.

KANPUR: The Industrial City has the dubious distinction of being the third highest incidence of asthma in the country. Bangalore has the highest number of asthma patients in the country.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified anti- malarial resistance in four countries of South East Asia and launched an emergency response to prevent resistant strains of the malarial parasites from spreading further.

On the occasion of World Malaria Day today, the WHO has also cited concerns over resistance emerging to insecticides which countries like India and sub-Saharan Africa are using to treat mosquito nets for the purpose of vector control. The advice for such countries is — develop new insecticides.