The alarming new trend of asking patients to undergo surgery they could do without

NewDelhi:India may, in a few weeks, officially acknowledge that malaria kills 40 times the current estimate of 1,023 people a year.

Cancer is often considered a disease of developed nations. In developing countries such as India, the focus has been on curbing communicable diseases.

New Delhi The government has made it mandatory for pharmaceutical companies sponsoring clinical trials in the country to pay financial compensation to volunteers in case a trial-related death or in

A study on the apparent diabetes resistance of a tribal community in Rajasthan has found that they have the highest occurrence of the HLA gene, which makes the body predisposed to diabetes, in Indi

Kolkata, 26 Dec: The field of stem cell research and therapy has witnessed enormous expansion in basic and clinical aspects and much is expected from this rapidly growing sector of science which ma

NEW DELHI, 20 DEC: A World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendation to ban use of rapid test kits used to detect tuberculosis in developing countries notwithstanding, there is rampant use of this k

Cites an ‘exhaustive’ survey conducted by govt in affected areas; PTU expert rubbishes claim

Ahmedabad: Cancer is on the rise in India, with an estimated 5.35 lakh people dying of the disease this year, minister of state for health Sudip Bandyopadhyay informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

The scare abroad over the superbug or NDM-1 (New Delhi Metallo beta lactamase) in 2010 was deliberately created to tarnish India’s image as a medical tourism destination, says V.M.