Unsafe limits

Even permissible levels of pollutants can damage health

Perpetually ill-prepared

Inept response as mystery fever grips Uttar Pradesh

Eve born, doubts yet to die down

Inhuman trials

Doubts cloud foreign firm's hepatitis drug tests in India

Double whammy

Fresh outbreak of SARS, avian flu

Chemical in curry leaves can cure prostate cancer

New AIDS vaccine shows encouraging results

Young Indians should cut down on fats, says study

Byte

Expert team against diabetes

Resistant an influenza virus to drugs

Scorpion venom may cure blood cancer

Taking sting out of Chikungunya

ICMR: Post-Covid dyspnoea, fatigue, and mental health issues were reported among 18.6%, 10.5%, and 9.3% respectively

Researchers say their findings may have certain limitations as they are prone to both underestimation and overestimation due to considerable loss …

Malady to miracle: Leprosy bacteria grows liver in armadillos, gives hope for human organ regeneration

Study finds bacteria of the chronic infectious disease reprogrammed certain cells into ‘stem-like cells’

Pig heart transplant: A history of the animal’s contribution to medical sciences

In 1997, two surgeons were jailed when an Indian patient died after a pig organ transplant 

Oxygen Langars: Sikh gurdwaras in Delhi help COVID-19 patients breathe

As the national capital gasps for air, gurdwaras like Damdama Sahib have stepped up to provide what are now known as ‘oxygen langars’

No medical staff, equipment in ‘model’ state Gujarat’s villages, as COVID-19 wreaks havoc

COVID-19 has spread to all of Gujarat’s 18,000 villages, alleges a state Congress member  

'Every fourth AES case in Gorakhpur is of Japanese Encephalitis'

What used to be just 4-7 per cent of the total AES cases every year, increased to 25 per cent this time, said an official from BRD Medical College

Green technique can convert plaster of Paris waste into useful products

Scientists from Pune and Mumbai use hazardous medical waste to make ammonium sulphate and calcium bicarbonate

Hazards of sugar may be under reported

The sugar industry sponsered a study on coronary heart disease which downplayed sugar as a risk factor

Should we treat chronic disease patients only if they agree to lifestyle monitoring?

The challenge of a rapidly increasing health care budget has prompted a call for “lifestyle rationing” of medical help to people who …

Clinical trials for first dengue treatment could start within a year

The dengue virus poses a grave risk to people in tropical and sub-tropical countries with an estimated 400 million getting infected globally each year

Scientists announce final trial results of world’s most advanced malaria vaccine

Vaccine can prevent a substantial number of cases of clinical malaria, especially in areas of high transmission rates

Keshav Desiraju transfer: When right bureaucrats are wronged

Government actions that appear to defend corrupt practices and commercial interests, can only bring down public institutions