JACKSON, Miss.: Having failed to persuade lawmakers to ban smoking in public places, the Mississippi State Medical Association now wants lawmakers to put the...
WASHINGTON: A nonpartisan congressional investigation has concluded that management failures by the Obama administration set the stage for the crippling computer woes that paralyzed...
NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan has said the government would work towards enhancing Ayurveda's global acceptance as evidence-based...
ATLANTA: The first Ebola victim to be brought to the United States from Africa was safely escorted into a specialized isolation unit at one...
UNITED NATIONS: India has the third-highest number of people living with HIV in the world with 2.1 million Indians accounting for about four out...
LONDON: A well-known Indian-American surgeon and writer Atul Gawande will deliver this year's prestigious BBC Reith Lectures in four global cities, including Delhi.
Dr Gawande,...
NEW DELHI: Cancer seems to be tightening its grip on India with cases of various types of cancer and related deaths being on rise,...
NEW DELHI: In a bid to ensure availability of doctors in rural areas, the government has said it is mulling sending medical students pursuing...
LONDON: Bowel cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are more likely to survive the disease, a new study has...
NEW DELHI: In another step against smoking, the government has reduced by 50 per cent the duty free allowance of cigarettes to 100 sticks...