WASHINGTON: Addicted to coffee? You may be suffering from caffeine use disorder! Caffeine is the most commonly used drug in the world and many people...
LONDON: Drinking too much alcohol regularly can raise the risk of developing the deadliest form of skin cancer by 55 per cent, a new...
NEW DELHI: The Health Ministry has launched a 'Mother and Child Tracking Facilitation Centre' to ensure ante and post-natal care for pregnant women along...
DETROIT: Bankrupt Detroit and its retirees reached an agreement in a health insurance dispute that may end a lawsuit against the city. Retirees filed suit...
WASHINGTON: Led by an Indian-American, a team of scientists at a US university are genetically engineering tulsi or basil to enhance its pharmaceutical value,...
JACKSON, Miss.: Angela Hammack runs with ghosts. ``I know that might sound far out to some people,'' said Hammack, 46, a nurse for the past...
TORONTO: Babies born to smoking mothers have a 47 per cent increased risk of becoming overweight as adults, a new Canadian study has found. Researchers...
NEW DELHI: Female smokers in India has gone up in the last 30 years but the number of men who puff daily dipped in...
LONDON: Fruit juice should be removed from the recommended list of five-a-day portions of fruit or vegetables in the UK as it contained as...
PESHAWAR: Seventy health workers in Pakistan's Khyber tribal region have refused to join a polio vaccination campaign because of security concerns, a media report...