• DENGUE DETECTION KIT: Casil Health Products Ltd, Ahmedabad in colla-boration with Pan Bio Pty Ltd, Australia has developed a rapid detection kit for the dreaded dengue fever . The detection

Some cases of human obesity may well be caused by a virus, say Nikhil Dhurandhar and Richard Atkinson of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The researchers analysed the blood of 199

According to a research in the US, women suffering from depression are at serious risk of bone fractures in later life. A team at the National Institutes of Health near Washing

a new study conducted on 212 children in Michigan, us , has revealed that exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls ( pcb ), a common pollutant, while in their mothers' womb has led to a

Medical researchers in the US now insist that previous regimens, prescribing heavy exercise for women, are actually harmful

With the degradation of the quality of our environment, the incidence of asthma is on the rise. The choking ailment seems to be acute even among children, as pointed out by recent studies in the us

By the turn of the century, you can dig your teeth into anything starchy and yet maintain good dental health courtesy, genetically engineered plants

YET another clue has been found which might help unravel the mystery surrounding cancer. Three chemists, working at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, us, have discovered how nitrosamines --

APES might come to the rescue Oour AfDS-infected planet. After a pro- longed period of deliberations, the us Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green signal to a revolutionary

A recent study gives disturbing revelations about the impact that everyday use chemicals may have on the human sperm count and even induce sex change