Antioxidants can accelerate tumour growth, suggests study
The chemicals inactivate a protein that works as tumour suppressor and prevents cancer
A complete American diet
Lethal and toxic chemicals found in US citizens
MDR-TB cases in India increase more than five-fold in two years
Minister says better surveillance and detection is the reason
India to get medical devices parks
Recommendations by a government panel include increased production of indigenous devices and a cap on their prices
This sugar substitute increases blood sugar levels
Study finds sucralose increases glycemic and insulin responses in obese people
Thirsty for breath?
Contaminated drinking water can lead to respiratory problems
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Push to create cadre of family doctors for rural India
Government's National Health Systems Resource Centre is finalising recommendations which are likely to seek inclusion of family medicine in MBBS …
Shortage of specialist doctors: DNB course can be a way forward
Training in Diplomate National Board course has helped deal with shortage of specialists in rural areas and skewed population-…
Ignoring WHO, ICMR to go ahead with HCQ for COVID workers
Indian studies yet to be completed; Indian Council of Medical Research says drug is safe
Mutations that make malaria drugs ineffective discovered
Gene kelch13 associated with malaria resistance
India has maximum infant deaths in the world
Lancet study says 5.5 million infant deaths in the world go unrecorded
Three win Nobel Prize for medicine
James E Rothman, Randy W Schekman, Thomas C. Südhof to be awarded for discovering transport mechanism of cells
Ayurvedic drug manufacturers divided over new eu directives
Tough trial
Can Indian traditional medicines transfer their ancient efficacy to the modern era?
Centre confirms three pentavalent vaccine deaths
Union health ministry says 17 other deaths of infants reported in Haryana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu were not linked to five-in-one vaccine
Rapid privatisation has worsened health care services in poor and middle-income nations: study
But public sector, too. needs quality improvement, say researchers from University of California
Government bans blood test for TB
Move comes a year after WHO said the test leads to misdiagnosis
The wisdom of indigenous healers
Medicinal Plants of India - Vols I & II S K Jain and Robert A DeFillips Publisher: Reference Publications Price: US $94.95
Barriers under pestle
There is an urgent need to rationalise traditional medicinal systems to stop unscrupulous use
Healthy kya?
Why are companies across all product categories 'nutracising' their brands? Obviously, to catch a huge market -- growing by the day -- for health …
Researchers find more reasons to quit smoking
Death due to renal failure and intestinal ischemia associated with smoking
Disappearing tree
An evergreen tree found only in Africa is on the verge of extinction because of large-scale stripping of its bark
EU to stop import of herbal products
By May 2003, the European Council was supposed to have reached a consensus on a directive that seeks to regulate the supply of herbal products in …
The inside story
Bad health is good business. The pharmaceutical industry knows that. But now bad health is turning out to be good business for the food industry …