EndoBarrier – Safe Non-Surgical Option for Obesity

Barbara McMackin is a very happy person! She was the first to be fitted with the anti-obesity device called EndoBarrier for a 3-month trial period during which time she lost 17 pounds! McMackin no longer feels as hungry as she used to and is ...

Top Scientific Splendors and Debacles of the Decade

We cannot help but wonder at the manner in which scientific developments, especially those of the past decade, increasingly resembled science fiction of yore!

Medindia critically looked at the top scientific and medical advancements and has ...

World Cancer Day 2010 - "Cancer Can Be Prevented Too"

At a time when Cancer still remains a feared and dreaded disease, our headline - “Cancer can be prevented too” may sound a bit incredible, and clichéd, more so as cancer still remains theleading cause of death worldwide....

World AIDS Day 2009

World AIDS Day observed on December 1st, 2009, is a time to step up awareness, increase funds, battle prejudice, improve education, and kick start prevention strategies especially in countries with high incidence of HIV-AIDS. It is a ...

Christmas 2009

Time to Be Merry - It’s Christmas!

Christmas is a time to be happy, and to be grateful for God’s blessings. ...

Diwali Dhamaka-Have a Healthy Blast

Come Diwali and vast sections of the Indian populace and the Indian diaspora in different parts of the world revel in a spirited delight of the senses and the soul. Be it the tantalizing tussle of festive clothes, the mouth-watering array of splendid sweets or the colorful ...

Schizophrenia Destigmatized -- SCARF an NGO Shows the Way Forward

Mental health issues generally pose a daunting challenge to patients, their families, carers, mental health professionals and society at large. Of all mental aberrations, Schizophrenia is most intimidating because it robs the affected person ...

Near Death Experience - An Indian Forum

Near Death Experience (NDE) is perhaps the closest one can come to take a peek into the vast void beyond life. ...

Nobel Prize in Medicine - 2009

The 2009 Nobel Prize for medicine has been announced! It has been awarded to researchers Elizabeth Blackburn, her student Carol Greider and Jack Szostak for studying the way  chromosomes are protected and for discovering ...

Nobel Prize In Medicine: All European Affair

The Nobel Prize for medicine this year has been awarded to three Europeans, Luc Montagnier, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Harald Zur Hausen for their work on viruses. This was announced at the Karolinska Institute in Stockho, ...

The Missing Case of Legislation for Stem Cell Therapies

Nobel Laureate US president Barack Obama had set the wheel rolling when he decided to lift the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. This decision may have little bearing on India except that  it might prompt our ...

India to Spend $4.35 Billion on Healthcare: Budget 2009

The Union Budget of India for the Financial Year 2009-10 was presented today in the Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee....

Valentine’s Day 2009 -‘Love and Love Only’

‘Love and love only’ is the moving spirit behind Valentine’s Day—a day that has plenty of good vibes, love and the heady scent of roses floating in the air that...

‘Yoobot’: An On-line Game to Take On Obesity

Imagine a miniature version of yourself – a little “you” who eats, drinks, sleeps and lives exactly the way you do. Sounds interesting? Welcome to Yoobotics – your virtual second life! And with an almost-impeccably accurate repeat of your own ...