Pretoria: Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela's condition remains "critical but stable" on the 23rd day of his hospitalisation for a recurring lung ailment, even as a stream of people continued to flo

London: The UK may become the first country in the world to allow a controversial IVF technique that creates babies using DNA from three people, to keep parents from passing genetic diseases to their

Kochi: At a time when fever is gripping the state and dengue is claiming a lot of lives, in sharp focus currently are healthy living practices and keeping surroundings clean. When it comes to the con

Hyderabad: Coughs and colds are common during the monsoon season, but what one could call “cough etiquette” could prevent the spread of these illnesses.
Droplets from coughing spread the bacteria to

Chennai: One per cent blood donation of the population is sufficient to meet a country’s basic requirements for safe blood, says WHO. Though India collects nine million units per year, the demand is

Dharmapuri: The modus operandi of the kidney brokers arrested in Dharmapuri resembles the organ trade racket busted in 2002 by the Mandya police of Mysore, in neighbouring Karnataka.
The Dharmapuri p

London: Scientists have successfully tested an “artificial pancreas” in a home environment, an advance that holds promise to improve the lives of millions of people with diabetes.
The device monitors

Humanity won over religion when the relatives of two patients — whose kidneys had failed — swapped organs in order to save each other’s lives.

The ‘pair donor exch-ange’, which took place on November

The world may have marked Organ Donation Day on Tuesday, but statistics in the state show there is little to celebrate. The rate of organ donation in Karnataka is an appalling 10-12% per year, while a

A day after the National Green Tribunal passed orders on Union ministries of telecom, environment and health, seeking details about the health hazards likely to be caused by cellphone towers and on th