WASHINGTON: Immigration to the US may improve your standard of living but it can also cause you to light up a cigarette more often,...
WASHINGTON: Some people slather and even inject creams containing mercury onto or under their skin to lighten it, putting themselves and others at risk...
LONDON: For the first time, Cambridge University is offering a chance to scientists and chocolate fans to indulge their sweet tooth by becoming a...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.: State restrictions are largely limiting potential sites for growing and selling medical marijuana in Illinois' capital city. And it's likely the rules...
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,...