As much as 23.9 per cent of blood samples collected from two wards of Ooramana in Ramamangalam panchayat have come out positive for Hepatitis-B .

An interim report of the virology team from the Manip

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the 12th Five Year Plan will enhance spending on health up to three times and that more medical and nursing colleges were needed to overcome a shortage o

A major dengue epidemic is sweeping the country but Union and state health ministries and municipalities such as BBMP are in denial.

In the national capital, leading private hospitals such as Fortis,

Over 285 cases of dengue have been reported so far across the state and the recent incidents of dengue-related deaths have sparked off panic among the public. Several persons are getting admitted to h

It is almost two years now since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared India off the list of polio endemic countries.

However, according to the National Polio Surveillance Project data of the

Dengue continued to spread fast inthe national capital with 37 patients on Thursday testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease, taking the total number of such cases this season to 788.

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Certain genetic changes in Dravidian women make them more susceptible to breast cancer than their counterparts living in north India.

A team of researchers from the city-based Centre for Cellular an

The state is the biggest consumer of drugs that treat mental illness. It is a whopping 30 per cent of Malayalees who buy anti-depressant and anti-anxiety drugs used to treat common mental illnesses.

A Pakistani official with the World Health Organization says a waterborne parasite commonly known as a 'brain-eating amoeba' has killed 10 people in the country's largest city, Karachi.

Musa Khan, in

Following the sudden spurt of dengue cases in southern districts, the director of public health, Porkaipandiya conducted inspections before reassuring people there was no need to panic and that the st