Beet those stones

Not all good, not all bad...

Low cholesterol levels may be good for the heart but can cause depression

Pregnancy and longevity

CHINA

Five steps to recovery

Panchakarma , an ayurvedic treatment, holds the key to Bhopal gas victims' recovery

HONG KONG

Popularising a science

Cool cancer treatment

The cold virus could help patients undergoing chemotherapy

For Indians only

A serious hereditary condition or genetic disease has been discovered among Indians

The right chord

A new safe method to detect anaemia in foetuses

Pills for health?

Consuming vitamin and mineral supplements can be unsafe

New remedy

Researchers have come up with a new medication for diarrhoea

EGYPT

Killing pain

Cancer in the air

Even low levels of benzene can cause lymphomas cancer in children

Technocure

Real laureates

This year's Nobel prizes are truly grounded in practicality

Magic drop

Easy to administer oral diarrhoea vaccine tested in Bangladesh

Shot in the arm

Cure in sight

The malefactor

Males are more susceptible to chronic arsenic poisoning than females

Role reversal

Anti-HIV drugs can mutate the genes of an embryo

Snippets

Junk diet

Pill poppers beware

Indiscriminate antibiotic use has created drug resistance in harmful bacteria