Are your organs in the right place?

Scientists have hit on a gene that decides exactly where internal organs will be positioned in the body of a mouse

Spring brings sad tidings on ozone hole

Fresh data on dipping levels of atmospheric ozone add up to a grim scenario that can have serious implications for life on earth.

No money for labs in antibiotics research

Though increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics is making it difficult to treat diseases such as malaria, pharmaceutical companies do not …

TB threat as acute as AIDS

Infectious diseases are still the largest cause of death in the world and tuberculosis remains the leader.

AIDS increases TB death risk

People infected with the AIDS virus are more susceptible to tuberculosis, and this further reduces their chances of survival.

Craft of the graft

A plastic tube can be used to insert a graft into blood vessels, circumventing the need for bypass surgery

Slitting the beating heart

Dutch surgeons show the way to carry out coronary bypass surgeries without using the heart-lung machine

Be Indian

.... and lower the risk of getting coronary diseases. This is the finding of a study conducted by Monilek Hospital and Research centre in Jaipur

Ruminant ramifications

Beef, the staple food of the British, finds itself out of favour as a ban on its sale sweeps across UK and also the European Union

Save thy skin

Exposure to sunlight -for even the shortest possible duration -is now being seen as the worst enemy of those wishing to flaunt a fair and lovely …

Return of the blight?

A new aggressive strain ofpotato blight has started spreading in Europe and threatens crops across the world

"We are starved of funds"

KALYAN BANERJEE, director of the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, speaks to MAX MARTIN about the emergence and re-emergence of viral …

The killer unveiled

Scientists find out how anthrax kills. It may not be very long before we have an antidote to the dreaded bacterium

Chicken worries

A new strain of influenza virus transmitted to humans from chicken is causing panic in Southeast Asia

Ouch, it is a mutation

Do headaches, stomach upsets and several other minor ailments have their roots in the speed of genetic mutations?

The unknown factor revealed

Some people may be predisposed to suffer vertigo due to a weak bone in the temple. And the cure may be quite simple

A mutating monster

Some strains of the AIDS-causing virus are developing resistance to whatever drugs are available

Tea: a health drink?

Recent research indicates that drinking tea can prevent cancer and heart diseases. However, not everyone is buying this idea

Growing tendency

Compared to Europeans, South Asians need longer workouts

Gujarat industries under scrutiny

Court asks government to ascertain workers’ safety

A toilet per second

Bad air

Long COVID, mental disorders among diseases to watch in 2023: IHME

Independent global research organisation brought out a list of 11 health issues that should be monitored closely in 2023

Lifestyle diseases are the biggest killers in India

Down To Earth’s recently launched biennial publication shows crucial links between environment and health, some of them yet unexplored

Silent threat

Studies show modern kitchen is not as safe as believed. Use of exhausts, effective ventilation can reduce household pollution