India is a land of diversity-her myriad landscapes, varied tongues, resplendent festivals and multi-ethnicity reflect the culture of this ancient land. Indian cuisine, which is as diverse an...
The current report from CNN IBN and Channel 7 Indian Television network has raised many questions about the health of Indian healthcare field and the medical professionals. A cleaning up ope...
Raging controversies have always surrounded animal experimentation, but the simmering issue deals with the idea of using primates in medical research. The reason for the yo-yoing on the issu...
With the death toll rising to over 3500 and an incalculable number of people injured after the earthquake that measured 6.2 on scale, Indonesia struggles to cope with the injured and the dea...
The widespread protest by medical students across the country shows the anguish and the strong undercurrent that prevails in the country against the government's policy for reservations for ...
Jan 2006, India: A 7-day old baby was charred to death due to a short circuit in a neonatal unit in Niloufer Hospital, robbing parents of their joy and hopes. The incubator in which the baby...
There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. -Robert Orben The order of the French President Jacques Chirac, which req...
Pregnancy is a time of great joy and expectation as both the expectant mother and her family prepare themselves to welcome the newcomer. Some women however are not able to experience the bli...
It might not be the plague yet, but the bird or avian flu scare has acquired this nasty habit of sending a shiver down the spine. That birds have turned out to be man's greatest enemies in t...
All influenza viruses of the type A, including those causing seasonal epidemics of human influenza, are genetically labile and well adapted to elude host defenses. The tendency of influenza ...
N.Delhi is affected by the dengue fever that can sometime be deadly and this is due to the breeding mosquitoes after the monsoon. Dengue fever is a benign acute febrile syndrome occurr...
The death toll due to the Japanese Encephalitis continues to daily kill a few more people in Uttar Pradesh and seems to be spreading to the neighboring areas like Nepal. In this special...
The receding flood waters are causing a major health calamity in Mumbai with another 14 deaths were reported from Mumbai taking the toll in this worst affected commercial capital to 142, an...
Red Fort, New Delhi. Aug 15. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh now has declared that AIDS had to be fought on ‘war footing’ as it was becoming a "major national problem". Singh made this a...
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