Cul-de-sap

African milk bush causes cancer

A new role for aloe

US cancer fighters seek Himalayan tree

Whose wealth?

Remedy for kala-azar?

Memory plus

Home remedy

A local remedy for controlling a parasitic disease works wonders for sheepbreeders in the Peruvian highlands

Wonder herb

Harde to combat cell damage induced by nuclear radiation

Barriers under pestle?

WHO introduces guidelines to promote traditional medicines

Label heavy metal

Herbal products for exports will have carry additional info

"Ayurveda has no lobby"

David Frawley, director, American Institute of Vedic Studies, New Mexico, USA spoke to Vibha Varshney about ayurveda in the US

Herbal fright

But drug manufacturers say concerns are misplaced

Flower power

Success is a mindgame

A memory drug developed by Indian scientists could hold the key to a ultimillion dollar global market

CHINA

Tragic potion

Herbal drug stuck in IPR jam, tribal group biggest loser

Export controversy

Sri Lanka struggles to protect rare anti-diabetes herb

Leafy solution

Foliage helps check fluorosis

Ayurveda offers remedy for failing memory

After yielding successful formulations like Liv. 52 and Guglip, Ayurveda now holds out promise of a new range of drugs to treat mental disorders.

Healthy tea

Proving its metal

A plant derivative can kill cancer cells by targeting at their high iron concentration

Thirst for profits rises as disease spreads

Even as AIDS spreads throughout the world, Australians are determined to get their share of the profits from the use of a shrub that halts …

Herbal cures to fight kala azar

The wrong blend

Herbal drug quality suffering in the absence of stringent rules

'You cannot balance an economy by unbalancing human lives'

Development economist Sir Richard Jolly has been Principal Coordinator of  UNDP's Human Development Report. He is also Chairman of the …