London, Sep 6 (IANS) Medical experts have urged a ban on Avandia, a drug taken by up to 100,000 diabetic patients in Britain, because it increases risks of heart attack.
Sirsa (Haryana), Sep 5 (IANS) Days after nearly 100 schoolgirls fell ill on being administered a Vitamin A dose, 12 of them were re-admitted to a hospital with the same symptoms in Haryana's Sirsa district, an official said....
Dhaka, Sep 5 (IANS) A total of 557 swine flu cases have been detected in B Bangladesh this year....
London, Sep 5 (IANS) Malaria could be a thing of the past, thanks to a powerful new pill in the offing....
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) A meeting Friday to review the increasing dengue cases in the capital, which hosts Commonwealth Games Oct 3-14, focused on bringing coordination between various agencies to control the outbreak, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said....
London, Sep 3 (IANS) Formula baby milk can have 40 times more aluminium than breast milk -- which may have an adverse affect on health....
London, Sep 3 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of women taking drugs to reverse bone thinning could be doubling their oesophagus (gut) cancer risk....
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) A seven-month-old baby died after doctors at a hospital in the US flushed his system with alcohol instead of saline solution during a heart surgery....
Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) People who believe in fate and destiny tend to dump superstition when faced with the death, says a recent study....
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad Friday is holding a review meeting to discuss ways to check the rising number of dengue cases in the national capital ahead of the Commonwealth Games, an official said....
Toronto, Sep 3 (IANS) The levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, in one's hair can tell when a person is most likely to suffer a heart attack....
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 3 (IANS) A Malaysian woman writer has won a legal battle against her doctors who photographed intimate parts of her body prior to a surgery....
Aizawl, Sep 2 (IANS) The United Nations (UN) will support Mizoram in prevention of HIV/AIDS and in management of prisons in the northeastern state, an official said here Thursday....
London, Sep 2 (IANS) Mums giving newborn babies a cuddle seems to ease their pain from jabs, finds a recent study. ...
London, Sep 2 (IANS) Staying up late to browse the web or chat with friends could cost you your sanity later in life, finds a new study....
London, Sep 2 (IANS) 'Mindfulness,' which means consciously bringing awareness to our experience, boosts well-being in teenage boys, finds a recent study....
Sirsa (Haryana), Sep 2 (IANS) The controversy over nearly 100 girls taking ill in a Haryana town after being administered a Vitamin A dose in school raised its head again when seven of them had to be re-admitted to hospital....
Beijing, Sep 2 (IANS) Girls in a province in southwest China are being given tips on how to say no to boys asking for sex.
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New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Delhi reported 77 more cases of dengue Wednesday, taking the total number of infected people by the mosquito-borne disease in the city this year to 980, an official said....
London, Sep 1 (IANS) Men with severe insomnia are four times more likely to die early, a new research says. ...