Vitaminimum

Parkinson's disease and

Ecstasy and agony

Satellite control

Home remedies

Right from the backyard

Written word protects

Registers can help preserve the traditional knowledge of India's healers

Access and benefit-sharing: Paper proposes 8 principles on use of indigenous medicine

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted last year respects the rights of indigenous people on biodiversity  

New injectable hydrogel may improve stem cell uptake

Researchers from the Mohali-based Institute of Nanoscience and Technology have devised a method to encapsulate adult stem cells, called …

This is how rich nations protect profits of multinational pharma firms

When rich nations insist on patent linkage provisions in bilateral and regional trade pacts, there is a way out

More bites for India!

Though eco-friendly alternatives are available, the government's malaria control programme banks heavily on use of hazardous chemicals

Money at last

The Kani tribals finally get their dues

End of innocence

Children exposed to DDT attain early puberty

Beethoven and heavy metal

The great musician may have suffered lead poisoning

Tender ones at risk

Children face increasing threat from garden pesticides

Malachite green: a carcinoge

Dial in a headache

A study shows headache is more common among mobile phone users

Risky remedy

UK prohibits sale of herbal medicine with harmful side-effects

After cough-syrup, now eye drops: India-made solution causes 1 death, several infections in US

This could be particularly damning for India’s drug regulatory system since it is coming on the heels of cough-syrup-associated deaths in …

Low- and middle-income countries struggle to provide healthcare to some, while others get too much medicine

Overdiagnosis and overuse of healthcare wastes 20% health spending in high-income countries

COVID-19 is lethal for the world's indigenous peoples

Reverse migration, social discrimination and loss of their homes could have serious effects on the livelihood, health and well-being of …

Bike riders reach out to people in a unique campaign against Ebola

The worst Ebola outbreak in history has claimed nearly 2,300 lives in four countries; about 4,300 cases have been detected in four countries

After successful monkey trials, new Ebola vaccine being tested on humans

Two vaccines have been used in the treatment—one as doze against the virus and second to boost the immunity

Women who give birth later in life may live longer, says new study

The research may also be a clue as to why 85 per cent of women live to 100 or more years while only 15 per cent of men do

Push for Ayurveda, Unani and other alternative systems of medicine

They have been brought into the mainstream through the National Health Mission; but funds allocation not high

Traditional cures back in vogue

Ancient health care systems such as ayurveda are gaining popularity once again as people become wary of allopathy and the hazards it involves.