"Ayurveda has no lobby"

David Frawley, director, American Institute of Vedic Studies, New Mexico, USA spoke to Vibha Varshney about ayurveda in the US

The NATCO CL fallout

The compulsory licence granted to Natco may not be a trendsetter but it will shake up the pharmaceuticals market

Getting the drug equation right

Sonal Matharu reports how fights over counterfeit drugs and low-quality drugs is suppressing the larger issue of drug safety

Popular drug ranitidine recalled after carcinogenic qualities confirmed

The drug has been found to have levels of a carcinogen above what the US FDA prescribes

Bihar warns of Lumpy Skin Disease among cattle

Hundreds of cattle had died last year from LSD in various districts of Bihar

Malaria’s defiant act

Drug-resistant malaria is spreading; India and Bangladesh could be hit soon

Superbug in the making

Cholera bacteria exhibit high resistance to drugs

War over alliance

For a cup of tea

Realising the AIDS risk

SOS: AIDS Playwright Kamala Ramchandani Director Madhulika Varma

Mystery malady

Oriental antidote

Bad medicine

A drug suspected of having disastrous side-effects is being used as a contraceptive in Delhi

Best milk

What makes a kid more intelligent than his peers? Mother's milk might hold the answer

Perils of the flesh

Oxytocin injections siezed

CHINA

Pills for health?

Consuming vitamin and mineral supplements can be unsafe

Bad medicine

Catalysing cures

Fighting AIDS

No to drug combinations

Easy drugs

Biotech blues

Role reversal

Anti-HIV drugs can mutate the genes of an embryo