In a further evidence suggesting that rolling out programme against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in India was incorrect, a recent study has said that current data on HPV and cervical cancer inciden

Drugs which can lead to resistance and are habit-forming will now have to be labelled “dangerous” along with a box warning, stating: “To be sold on the prescription of a registered medical practitione

Noting that suicide rates in India are grossly miscalculated, British Medical Journal The Lancet has said that India’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) underestimates suicide in men by at least 25

Affordable healthcare may soon become a reality in India with government proposing states to provide all “essential medicines” free of cost to everybody who seeks government healthcare facility.

An estimated 21.6 million unsafe abortions took place worldwide in 2008, almost all in developing countries.

The war between the ministry of health and the ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) over the new smoking rules for films seems far from getting over.

The recent act of Taliban blocking polio vaccination drive in Waziristan has had the health authorities in India worried.

The recent act of Taliban blocking polio vaccination drive in Waziristan has had the health authorities in India worried.

In what could be a ray of hope for patients who are not medically fit for an open heart surgery, a team of 12 doctors conducted country’s first ever “no cut-no stitch valve implant” on an 80-year-old woman in Medanta Medicity hospital.

Treating pre-diabetes early and aggressively with intensive lifestyle changes or medication could be an effective way to significantly reduce the chances of developing type-2 diabetes later in life.