Hemophilia, a genetic disorder that prevents blood from clotting effectively, forming an effective clot, is rising alarmingly among male children and adults.

Doctors in the city say that the reason

Doctors in the private sector are up in arms against the state government’s move to adopt the centre’s Clinical Establishment Act 2010, or to enact a law along similar lines which gives it more contro

A finance firm director in the city, who was drugged regularly by his staff for the last 15 months, faced neurological and psychological problems.

Not just the director, even his daughter and two se

Sedentary lifestyle, bad food habits and lack of adequate vitamins don't just affect adults.

The effects are manifested even in new-borns, who can be born with what is called a ‘spongy heart’ (a hea

Cases of malaria, dengue and leptospirosis are on the rise in the city with the monsoon bringing with it a spate of fevers and infections, say city doctors.

The monsoon is also the busiest time of t

Chennai has become a city of ageing hearts, according to a nationwide survey released on Friday.

Grappling with high levels of ‘bad cholesterol’, the people of Chennai are among the most overweight i

Bengalureans are at a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). People in the age group of 30-45 are among the worst hit with men being at higher risk then women.

The Saffolalife heart s

India’s lessons that finally led to eradicating crippling polio reached Nigeria after it sought India’s expertise recently in combating the virus.

While India was taken off polio endemic list this y

Gynaecologists from a private hospital in the city have been pulled up, after it was found that they had allegedly left a paper napkin in the uterus of a patient during a cesarean surgery six months a

The fight between the health ministry and the I&B ministry over the proposed smoking rules for films seems to have been sorted out with the health ministry all set to re-notify new smoking rules soon.