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 …

Preserving fruits

The fairer, depressed sex?

Thicker than blood

A polymer coating might be the answer to the perpetual paucity of blood for transfusion

Obesity may be infectious

Puberty too soon

Chemicals resembling oestrogen, may be causing sexual irregularities in adolescent girls

Painless injections

Soft-hearted

Infectious speed

Shaky bones

Glowing toothbrush

Gaining ground

Memory booster

Knit me an artery!

No to stress

Hearty duo!

Chocolate bar and red wine -- a great combination to keep the heart ticking strong

Watch out pork consumers

Laughing into pregnancy

A good sex increases your chances of conceiving, say researchers

Attention heart patients

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