Not too many people

Demographers say world population will decline and one-fifth of it would be above 50 years by 2050

Down to the bones

Mercilessly lethal osteoporosis - the withering of a body's bone mass - may finally have met its match

Ambitious cure for an ailing system

US President Bill Clinton has proposed an ambitious and complex programme to lower federal expenditure on health care and revamp the existing system.

Can the Grim Reaper wait, please?

A timeless dream: eternal youth, unblemished by illness. The search for the font of immortality has taken a late 20th century turn into what …

No youth-pills

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

Health-watch

Life expectancy in India will be 71 by the year 2025, says the latest World Health Report

Research reveals who’s been hit hardest by global warming in their lifetime — and the answer may surprise you

The most perceptible warming is found in tropical regions

World Health Assembly: health issues of women, children and elderly in focus

Health facilities available for older people are unequally distributed across the world

A healthy future

Walking improves mental faculties of the elderly

Carcinogenic enzymes blocked in human body

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Sands of time

Large portions of cultivable land may be lost to the desert in northwest China by end-1997

Elderly & lonely

India has more elderly people than ever before. Most of them have little social security and cannot afford healthcare. While the government seems …

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Big pharma’s dirty tricks

Drug giants from GSK, Abbott and Pfizer to Bayer have been fined for serious malpractices. They should be under close watch in India

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