NEW DELHI: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will write to Chief Ministers of all the states seeking their cooperation in fulfilling BJP's ambitious poll promise...
NEW DELHI: On the occasion of World Tobacco Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the countrymen to say 'no' to tobacco and lay...
JAIPUR: Hundred per cent tax should be imposed on tobacco products to reduce their consumption significantly, health activists here have said.
"An increase in tax...
NEW DELHI: Highlighting the need for preventive measures to tackle the "diabetes epidemic sweeping" the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that...
CHICAGO: New drugs are making a dent against some hard-to-treat cancers, but some results raise fresh questions about whether the benefit is worth the...
GENEVA: The UN health agency warned countries to bolster their guard against the MERS virus, which has killed 152 people in Saudi Arabia and...
NEW DELHI: Sun Pharma has inked a settlement pact with Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation over cancer drug Gleevec, paving the way for the Indian drug...
BEIJING: Chinese police has accused a British executive of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline of leading a sprawling scheme to bribe doctors and hospitals to use its...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.: Survivors of peace officers and firefighters will have more time to file for death benefits if they can show their spouse or...
WASHINGTON: Claims that e-cigarettes offer a viable and healthy way to quit conventional cigarettes and do not pose danger to nonsmokers are false, a...