Heart-friendly pill

Coffee? Passe

Tumour. Tamed

UNITED NATIONS

Lead poisoning

Veterinary trouble

Easing pain

Pain relief

Heart matters

A new drug that improves the survival of diabetics with heart problems

NIGERIA

Drug-resistant HIV

Anti-HIV drugs could soon fail

Great survivor

Aiding aids

Malaria

Breakthroughs in malaria research may well go the way of the other 'diseases of the poor'

Skinned at last

Gene mutation resulting in skin cancer identified

Source of the scourge

Unsterilised syringes used in Africa in the 1950s may be at the root of AIDS

Patent protest

Possible drug price hike: apex court acts on appeals

Added utility

Off-label use of drugs mooted

What ails traditional medicine?

Underutilisation of funds, says CAG

Team work

This is why Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C are dangerous

Just one in 10 infected know their status and many are unaware that the inflamation of the liver is a common and treatable disease

‘World at highest risk of losing control of AIDS epidemic'

Mark Dybul, an American AIDS researcher and diplomat warned of a situation where the AIDs epidemic could spiral out of control, at the ongoing …

Ethics vs economics: the cost of outsourcing clinical trials to developing countries

On Human Experiments – As demand grows for newer and better drugs for an expanding range of conditions, so too does the need for clinical …

Is misuse of prescription painkillers among youth athletes leading to heroin use?

Coaches, parents and physicians need to monitor young athletes' use of prescription painkillers

From nostrils to crocodile blood – ten surprising places to look for antibiotics

In the battle against superbugs, you'd be amazed where we might find the cures of the future