A one-and-a half-year-old boy in Villivakkam succumbed to dengue at a private hospital here late on Thursday night.

The child, Nitish, had developed multiple organ failure and started bleeding after

Dr Amar Agarwal, director, Dr Agarwal’s eye hospital:

My ancestors may be from Jaipur, but I believe my roots are in Madras. I was born and brought up here and even if I was given a chance to live an

Over 100 young Muslim women thronged the casualty ward of Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital late on Sunday evening with red, itchy palms after they suffered an allergic reaction to mehndi.

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A first of its kind scientific study released by a team of six doctors and commissioned by the Cardiological Society of India (CSI), Kerala chapter, to identify the prevalence of coronary artery disea

Residents of Kathivakkam are irked that the maternity hospital and primary health centre in their area has had no doctor for more than a year now as doctors have not been appointed to fill the vacanci

Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa has ordered the expansion of the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme to include those registered under the Farmers’ Protection Scheme as members.

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Last week, cosmetologist and dermatologist Dr G.R. Ratnavel had a visitor, a lovely 3-year-old girl accompanied by her mother.

The mother wanted the doctor to make her daughter ‘fair’.“Microdermabra

“Feeling bored? go for a walk”, “avoid snacks while watching TV, you may over-eat”, “neither fast nor feast”.

These are the kind of SMSes a group of diabetologists based in Chennai and London are se

The burden of infectious disease is increasing rapidly and the incidence of two of the most common infectious diseases in the monsoon season — malaria and dengue — is very high among the young, accord

Five children, including three infants, died in a government hospital here on a single day due to different ailments, triggering protests by their parents who accused the authorities of negligence in