Learning from camels

Being sure of genes

Companies are given permission to use genetic tests to decide on insurance policy in the UK

A question of ethics

What does a doctor do when confronted with an hiv -positive case

Fighting malaria

The WHO initiates global move to check the onslaught of malaria

Gene remedy

The Human Genome Project could bring about a breakthrough in cancer treatment

New target

Children may soon sue smoking parents

Sordid state

Access granted

Exporting expertise

Backing a cause

Ivan Illich (1926-2002)

"His thought leads out of the prison of routinized, sterile, preconceived notions"

For our safety

Wonder herb

Harde to combat cell damage induced by nuclear radiation

Check it!

Medical products leach out toxic chemicals

Online

Food for oil

By giving up on traditional oils, we lose out on nutrition

The two Indias

The poor have not gained from India's economic growth, shows the UN human development report

Duty free

Uttar Pradesh can't deliver vaccines to its children. But it wants to import vaccine

Large crisis

AIDS ain't so big

Number of new infections dips in 2004, but is it false relief?

Trauma care centres need of the hour

Need of the hour is to systematies trauma-care centres

What ails us

Get the World Bank in

That's the only way to make the government take note of corruption

Healthy dip

New legislation for bathing areas in Europe

Not enough beds