Even as many parents glow with pride seeing their kid’s nimble fingers work on a Nintendo game, what they fail to realise is sitting for hours in front of the computer may soon result in the child not

Long drives to office everyday could have long-term effect on health, say doctors and specialists. With workplaces being far away from home, more and more people are travelling by cars for long hour

A young grieving college lecturer donated her husband’s eyes and other organs after he was declared brain dead in a road accident.

Sagaya Rimen, 34, working as a Tamil teacher in St Joseph School in

The city-based Vels group of institutions has started a first-of-its kind palliative care hospital for cancer patients.

The 150-bed hospital in the university’s Thalambur campus would provide quality

Chickungunya is feared to have resurfaced in Odisha's Ganjam district with several people in Boxipalli village showing symptoms of the mosquito-borne viral disease.

"A team of doctors led by the dist

In a startling revelation, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found that about 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 years and two million girls under the age of 15 give birth every year.

Worldwide, o

An almost 70-strong film crew shooting at Institute of Mental Health (IMH) since January is giving inmates sleepless nights.

The crew from Shristi Cinemas has reportedly taken over the 218-year-old

Researchers have identified five superhero foods that will save the world, and incidentally all of them have strong links to the state. Green gram, disease-resistant bananas, drought-tolerant maize, s

“We need to create awareness about the prevention of thalassemia births,” said Dr Revathi Raj, consultant paediatric haemato oncologist, Apollo Speciality Hospital.

“Every year 10,000 babies are bor

A total of 175 people have succumbed to the dreaded AIDS in Punjab during the year 2011-2012.

These facts were revealed in the data supplied by the SMO Civil hospital.

The disease is spreading at a