Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday questioned whether the United States could be giving cancer to Latin American leaders, after Argentina's Cristina Kirchner was diagnosed with the disease.

As the Rajasthan doctors' stir entered the sixth day today, a doctor-turned IPS officer has come to the rescue of needy patients providing them medical help in Jhalawar district.

S.P. Ravi, a 2007 b

Authorities at the state-run SSKM hospital on Saturday ordered an enquiry into the death of a patient after he was allegedly bitten by a rat.

A 53-year-old patient, who was admitted to the SSKM hospi

A top Dutch scientist heading a team which created a mutant killer flu virus on Wednesday said the threat to global biosecurity is being overplayed, even if full research results are published.

"The

At least 39 deaths, two blinding accidents, and over 90 trains cancelled or delayed - life was disrupted as the cold wave gripped north India Monday with temperatures plunging to new lows and many sta

At birth, Melinda Star Guido was so tiny she could fit into the palm of her doctor's hand. Weighing just 9 1/2 ounces - less than a can of soda - she is among the smallest babies ever born in the worl

Six people were killed and three others were in serious condition after consuming spurious liquor in a West Bengal town, police said.

The incident took place in Sangrampur in South 24-Parganas distr

Coming to the aid of patients facing hardship due to shortage of X-ray films, the Madras High Court has directed a firm to resume its supply to hospitals till government finalises tender with private

India, which has one of the highest population of HIV-infected people in Asia, has witnessed a decline in new infections by a significant 56 per cent from the epidemic's peak in 1996, with other Asian

Animal rights group PETA have asked a town in Texas, United States, to changed its name to 'Tofurky', for Thanksgiving.

Mayor Pat Carson, of 'Turkey', received a letter urging change in the name and