Doctors at a city hospital have performed a rare surgery to correct Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). The surgery uses a new technique called coblation and is recommended by the American Sleep Society fo

In the wake of the recent raids on hotels and the discovery of stale and unhygienic food being sold, the Kochi Corporation is planning to launch 50 mobile food courts in the city, the first of their

A professor of Fashion Technology in Coimbatore has come up with trendy herbal solutions to nagging ailments. He heals sinuses by giving patients handkerchiefs treated with sandalwood and offers neem

Observing that kidney ailments are on the rise among Keralites, chief minister Oommen Chandy said on Sunday that the government is trying to set up dialysis centres in every district. The purpose – to

There has been an increase in the level of awareness amongst individuals about mental disorders, but the social stigma attached to it — both in the rural and urban areas — and lack of psychiatrists ar

Drivers of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) seem to value their health a great deal.

Within 50 days of the master health check-up scheme launched by chief minister J. Jayalalithaa

Kolaceck Antonin, 53, a Czech who has been enamoured by Indian thought and tradition, has suddenly become young. The strands of brown hair have — since the last 64 days — turned jet black!

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It was a felicitation function hosted by the Governor at the Raj Bhavan’s grand, chandelier-lit Darbar Hall.

Everything was perfect — the audience in their finest silks, eminent doctors in dapper su

The death of a five-year-old boy from Korukkupet has created a fresh cholera scare in the city.

While the outbreak of Acute Diarrheal Disease had let up over the past week, three patients with sever

A thumb impression, and any hospital should be able to get a person’s medical history. A software for this is what a young techie in Kochi has developed.

It was circumstances that forced K. Nidesh to