Damaged senseless

Sleepless in USA

Americans wake up to a vital need of the human body: sleep

Bookworms beware

Breached

Mercury can find its way to the brain, warn scientists

Aching back: a family legacy

Macaroni in the brain

Research on mice reveals a vital link in the search for a cure against Alzheimer's menace

Remedy for kala-azar?

Diagnosis through breath

A therapy called writing

The transfusion debate

Vexed vitamins

Vitamin C may produce free radicals that may cause cancer

Treating cervical cancer

Radiation therapy and chemotherapy can halve cervical cancer deaths among women

Home remedy

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

Miracle cure?

Is the new Indian anti-cancer drug any good?

Weather imperfect

Replicating virus

Researchers create a near replica of the Hepatitis C virus

Sugar for the heart

Missing link

A newly discovered HIV-like virus in monkeys provides clues about the origin of AIDS in humans

Safety prescription

Foolproof tool to detect TB

the diagnosis of tuberculosis is likely to be faster and more reliable in the future with researchers from the uk-based University of Oxford …

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