A 45-year-old woman went through a catheter based-technique for lowereing her blood pressure at a city hospital, where she was admitted after being diagnosed with Treatment Resistant Systemic Hyperten

“We have forgotten our good old food habits that enhanced the immune system,” Chennai mayor Saidai Duraisamy said on Tuesday after inaugurating a seminar on swine flu and its prevalence in he city.

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Country's premier institute All India Institute of Medical Sciences is facing staff crunch as only 400 doctors are functioning in the hospital against the sanctioned strength of 625 doctors.

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According to the health department, the urban areas in the district, especially those within the corporation, are in danger of a filariasis outbreak.

During the past few years, the number of filarias

Chennai corporation will conduct an experts meet on swine flu in the city on Wednesday.

“Senior health and private officials will take part in the meet and discuss methods to create awareness about t

City pediatricians have raised an alarm on meningitis and have urged parents to get their babies vaccinated against the dreadful bacterial brain fever that has a high mortality rate of 16 to 32 per ce

There has been a doubling of cases of malaria infections detected in British Asians returning to the UK after visiting Pakistan, according to latest figures by health officials.

New figures from the

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in a video aired Tuesday that he believes Jesus Christ will ensure the radiation therapy he is receiving for cancer in Havana makes him healed and whole.

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A 35-year old woman, who tested positive for swine flu, died at the government general hospital here on Monday, becoming the second victim of the A(H1N1) virus in recent weeks in Tamil Nadu.

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High-rise buildings and mismanagement of solid waste in the city are two factors adding to greenhouse gases, increasing the local temperature and pollution in the city. Experts who presented different