World population touches 7 billion
Ten billionth baby likely by end of the century if population growth continues at current rate
LIC’s unhealthy choice
Life Insurance Corporation invested more than Rs 3,500 crore last year in the tobacco industry
Gutkha sympathiser
Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others
15 doctors went on foreign jaunt sponsored by pharma company, says Lok Sabha member
Doctors and pharma company deny charges
Our own microbe catalogue
First genetic map of the microbes found in a healthy human body
Suspected cholera outbreak in Gujarat
Five deaths and over 200 cases of diarrhoea reported in five days
Arsenic just got dirtier
Exposure to arsenic also increases risk of hypertension
Government bans blood test for TB
Move comes a year after WHO said the test leads to misdiagnosis
Scientists map microbes in healthy humans
Will help in diagnosis and treatment of diseases
'South Asia, Africa show poor progress towards MDGs'
India fares worse than Bangladesh and Nepal, says report
Bihar bans gutkha on World No Tobacco Day
The ban is already successful in Madhya Pradesh and Kerala
Education policy for kids under six
Experts say the plan misses diet, care and ignores children with special needs
Ranbaxy launches new anti-malarial drug
It has an efficacy rate of over 95 per cent, claims company
New swine flu kit makes disease detection easier in India
Portable testing kit gives results within an hour
Endgame begins
Experts say India needs to move beyond oral vaccine to battle vaccine-generated polio
Most cancer patients in India die without medical attention: study
'It is a myth that cancer is prevalent only in urban areas'