The H1N1 virus seems to have slowly but steadily made its way into the state, with the deaths toll since January this year standing as 12. Adults, particularly young to middling adults, are more pron

As the world observes World Asthma Day on Tuesday, pulmonologists said they are witnessing a rapid rise in the number of asthma patients in the city. A study, conducted by the Indian Council of Medic

Are your eyes getting dried up, turning red and tching? Get it checked, it might be conjunctivitis as city based eye hospitals are witnessing an increase in the number of conjunctivitis cases. Startin

Staff of BBMP referral hospitals and health centres will soon assume a new role—that of domestic violence counsellors. The workers listed for the job include doctors, auxiliary nurse midwifes (ANM) an

It was a sad end to four days of anxious waiting when Bengalureans had prayed for baby Neha Afreen’s recovery while she was in hospital being treated for injuries inflicted on her by her own father, U

The amputation of his right limb has not deterred the 38 year old Kargil war veteran, Major Devendar Pal Singh, who is now looking forward to run a full marathon in the upcoming August-September 2012

Parents will no longer have to worry and wait in long queues for their infant's vaccination. All kinds of immunisation required for infants, right from BCG, DPT, measles, polio and hepatitis B can be

Lack of awareness among people is still crippling the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme. Drugs are available free but people are not aware of it. According to the State TB record, about