Deadly impact

Pill poppers beware

Indiscriminate antibiotic use has created drug resistance in harmful bacteria

Undermined

Orissa villagers say relocate us, we want to leave right away

Invader's curse

Transfusion spoiler

Cigarettes, cars, and public health

Why should only cars be blamed for causing cancer? There should be health norms for cigarettes, too

From bricks to black dust

As traditional coal-run brick kilns in Kaithal turn polluters, moves are afloat to shift them out of villages

Biological rhythms pose problems for night workers

Recent research reveals that subjecting night shift workers to eight hours of bright light could bring about a 12-hour shift in their daily rhythms.

Study finds sperm count decreasing worldwide

Scientists cannot explain why both the quality and quantity of sperm have been dropping since the 1940s. Indications are pollutants may be …

Uncertain future

If use of pesticides cannot be banned altogether and at once then, at least, some measures can keep them fenced out

Till death do us apart

Despite tonnes of evidence about the ruinous import of pesticides, humankind, especially in the South, are using just that much -- tonnes of it

Dirty games with the mind

A new study on the connection between marijuana abuse and human cognition throws more light on the long-term effects of drug addiction

No youth-pills

Human growth hormone, the drug hyped for being able to reverse the process of aging is exposed for its inefficiency

The tiny killers

A recent study highlights the need for better pollution control technology and stricter laws to curb the emission of minute particles of air …

In which the count fell

A recent study establishes that sperm count has fallen drastically since the 1930s in the US and Europe

Spanish folly

When the Spanish found tobacco in America did they bite off more than they could chew? The debate still continues in the form of gutka in India

Pollution: The crusade continues

US-based environmental pollution crusader Erin Brockovich and her partner Ed Masry are at it again. The target of their attention this time is …

Scotland schools ban fast food ads

Fast food advertising in vending machines in schools have been banned in Scotland. The move has been hailed as a breakthrough in the fight …

Sweaty cure

Secretion from sweat glands is a natural antibiotic

Needle effect

Acupuncture can help athletes perform better

Ecstasy rashes

Let-off

Tobacco companies get a reprieve in the UK. How will Asia fare?

Falling eagles

Eagles in Japan are dying due to pesticides

Deadly price

Out of bounds

Schools in Tehran are closed due to pollution