National List of Essential Medicines: 34 drugs enlisted in update after 7 years

The latest National List of Essential Medicines features 384 medicines, drops 26 old ones

In Mowgli's land

ANJOLI BANDYOPADHYAY visits Pench Tiger Reserve, the site of many a conservation scheme and finds the woes wrought upon the people there by …

Silencing the saboteur

Tracking AIDS

Fungal boon

Wrinkles of smoke

Cigarette smoking causes increased risk of developing facial wrinkles

Phantom of imagination

A simple treatment for imagined pain in an amputated limb

Menopause in a sachet

Dying in lesser misery

Chinese herbs relieve cancer patients

Migraine cycle

Blocking tumours

Leap to manhood

A recent study takes a closer look at what all is involved in the making of a man

Preferential assault

A new research proves a common observation, that mosquitoes are selective in biting

Latest accessory

Sinus minus

Fatless can make sightless

Inducing cancer

Hard on the teeth

Unhygienic solution

Antibacterial ingredients in soap may be encouraging the growth of bacteria

SNV antidote

Herbal cure for snakebite

Scientists may have found an answer to antibiotic resistance

Australian scientists have found antibacterial properties in platypus milk

Herbal health in a kit

Oriental skin therapy

Speedy detection

New for old

Replacement and alteration of defective genes is a milestone in gene therapy