The busting of another huge organ racket involving two employees of the city's Apollo hospital has again brought to light the massive scarcity of organs required for transplant, which experts say can be overcome only by legalising living organ donation in exchange for money, or "commercial donors"....
Overweight toddlers consume larger meals but do not eat more frequently than healthy weight infants, a new study has found....
A dietary supplement containing a blend of 30 vitamins and minerals has the potential to slow the progress of catastrophic neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, researchers say....
A drug commonly used as the front-line treatment for Type-2 diabetes improves survival for some breast cancer patients, says a study....
The world's smallest pacemaker was successfully implanted in a 92-year-old man at Medanta Medicity Hospital here, one of the first hospitals in the country to offer such a heart de...
Beware before you ask for ice cubes to chill up your soft drinks, fruit or milk shakes or a favourite cocktail anywhere outside. The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation revealed on Thursday that it ...
The side effects of antipsychotics can be quite problematic and researchers have found that the proportion of adolescents with autism or intellectual disability has increased among youths treated with ...
A baby with Zika virus-related microcephaly was born in New Jersey state of the US, hospital officials said....
Next time you munch on that mouth-watering pizza with extra cheese or enjoy a king-size burger with French fries and soft drink, remember that too much of junk food can not only add extra kilos around your belly but may lead you to depression, warn experts....
Some hospitals were trying to loot the government vis-a-vis payments under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday, adding ...
