Swine flu tamed?

H1N1 cases on the rise but doctors say the strain is behaving like seasonal flu

Study proposes tax on soft drinks

Tax likely to hike price of beverages, may help check obesity, Type-2 diabetes

Ahmedabad’s beat-the-heat plan

Civic body to send weather alerts, create public awareness and train medical officials

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 …

Urban heat islands dot Delhi

Temperature hot spots found in seven of 11 weather stations in the national capital

Now healthy ads sell junk food

Commercials mislead consumers by shifting the focus from poor nutrition to physical exercise

Poison in disguise

Fake cinnamon floods Indian market as authorities drag feet over regulating its import and sale

Why India remains malnourished

Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme, India has the world’s worst level of child malnutrition. The …

Operation cover-up

Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…

Not so young at heart

Young hearts are more stressed out than they used to be. They bear much more pressure these days just to beat. Heart disease is no more an …