Snake bile 'can cause disease'
Snake bile is reputed to calm the mind and eliminate phlegm - but eating it raw can lead to serious disease, the Consumer Council in Hong Kong warned yesterday. A snake's gall bladder is removed as
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Ranbaxy's AIDS webline for doctors
Ranbaxy laboratories, in association with DoctorAnywhere.com, leading tele-medicine company, has taken a major initiative to fulfill the increasing need of interaction of family physicians with AIDS
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Bush set on taking lead role in debate on Aids
President George W. Bush will leave for Europe at the end of the week intent on leading the debate on Aids in Africa, reinforced by a $15bn US commitment to fight the disease. At an elaborate
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Asia tries to counter foot, mouth virus
Leading world meat exporter Australia and importer Japan are stepping up their vigilance to ensure that the scourage of the British livestock industry - foot and mouth disease - does not encroach on
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City kids in grip of type-1 diabetes
Leading doctors and specialists are alarmed over the increasing number of child diabetics in Bhopal. These doctors are unable to detect the exact reason for the sudden spurt of the disease among the
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Heavy metal
Panic waves swept across the island nation when it was learnt that a consignment of contaminated corn from China had found its way into various food products. The corn, which contained more than 100
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Is thin beautiful?
A radical new approach to curing girls obsessed with their figures
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Cure for ebola
Scientists have identified the path through which filoviruses like ebola and marburg virus enter the human cell. The virus has been found to enter the folic acid receptor, which is generally involved
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Shaken innocence
The widely reported case of Matthew Eapen s death has highlighted the ignorance regarding the shaken baby syndrome
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Wheeze wave
The UK reels under the burden of respiratory ailments
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Right tag
Stringent labelling norms
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Gene cure
TO HAVE Alzheimer's disease is consider hell as senile dementia feature. But there is with researchers at Tokyo, Japan, making avail The discovery of a lead to the Vow therapy for the
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An ad, a question
Should public funded institutions endorse commercial products?
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Surgeon sets up 'summit' on deep thrombosis
A leading British surgeon John Scurr will use research that links flying with deep vein thrombosis to launch a global study into the condition at an international panel of experts at the end of the
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The grey continent
Statistics is only one part of the story. The grime combined with apathetic governments and poverty in certain parts of Asia and the craze to rapidly industrialise makes for an epic by itself. Environment mostly figures way down the list of official pri
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'Pink ribbon campaign' for breast cancer awareness launched
In order to educate women towards prevention of breast cancer, leading cancer experts and oncologists across the country have joined hands to support the "Pink Ribbon Campaign", in Bangalore, during
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Drinking during adolescence hits brain
A new study proves that drinking during adolescence leads to long lasting brain damage, especially when it comes to learning, memory and critical thinking. The report which synthesises nearly two
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Discovery may lead to blood test for prions
A discovery announced by Swiss and Austrian scientists could lead to the first simple blood test for prions, the infectious agents that cause BSE and its human equivalent Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
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ApolloLine launched
Spice Telecom, Kolkata's leading cellular service brand in association with Apollo Hospital has started a special service "ApolloLine" to provide information on health related facilities available at
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Tougher trial for Antisoma drug
US regulators have set tougher approval requirements for Antisoma's lead cancer treatment drug, delaying launch of the medicine by at least two years and increasing the likelihood it will never be