London: A British woman who contracted rabies after being bitten by a dog during a recent visit to India has died, making her first victim of the disease in the country since 2002, health officials announced on Monday night. The unnamed woman was being treated was diagnosed with the potentially life-threatening disease at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London. Another case of rabies has been reported from Leeds, where...
02:48 AM, May 29, 2012
The heart cells created from patients' skin are at the same stage of development as those of a newborn baby. The study is exciting for ...
04:47 PM, May 24, 2012
Greek philosopher Socrates once said, "It is not living that matters, but living rightly." As the clock is inching towards the 2015 deadline of the ...
09:12 AM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: The government is planning to rope in health and nutrition experts to study living pattern of tribals, including Jarawas of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in an effort to reduce their susceptibility to diseases. Observing that the immunity of tribals and forest dwellers in the country is an area of concern, Tribal Affairs Minister V Kishore Chandra Deo told PTI that "utmost importance" should be given to their health...
02:58 PM, Feb 12, 2012
From 99 remedies 200 years ago to more than 5000 today, the homeopathy industry is growing at 30 per cent annually. ...
03:01 PM, Jan 16, 2012
London: Feeling indecisive whether to marry a man with body odour? You may benefit from a Russian scientist, who can tell from man's body smell if he has a sexually-transmitted disease (STD). According to a new study, sniffing a potential partner's scent could tell if Mr Right has a sexually-transmitted disease, the Daily Mail reported, citing MSNBC. The research found how men, infected by a common sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea,...
02:00 PM, Dec 12, 2011
New Delhi: Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the country, after heart disease and cancer. While a massive stroke can kill you within minutes, you can save yourself if you recognise the symptoms in time. Dr Amit Verma, speaking to CNN-IBN, marks out what you can do to save yourself. Symptoms of a stroke: A stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain is blocked or...
09:50 AM, Dec 02, 2011
A new study finds eating the right food can override a natural risk someone may carry for heart attack. ...
04:39 PM, Oct 15, 2011
Cardiologist Dr Ashok Seth answers questions asked by Twitterati on heart diseases. ...
05:05 PM, Sep 30, 2011
On World Heart Day, we bring you a special show on why Indians are prone to heart diseases. ...
01:08 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Geneva: World Health Organization officials said on Friday that famine-hit Somalia faces a cholera epidemic as dirty water and poor sanitation are leading to an increase in outbreaks of the disease. Officials say cases of acute watery diarrhea, an important indicator of the risk of cholera are now at 4,272 in Somalia, an 11 per cent rise on last week's WHO reported figure of 3,839. WHO public health adviser Dr...
02:47 AM, Aug 13, 2011
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With high power jobs, demanding relationships and manic traffic, it is proven that high blood pressure, cholesterol, and anxiety attacks are common phenomenon amongst men ...
11:19 AM, Jun 20, 2011
It has been thirty years since the disease that would later be called AIDS was discovered, CNN Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen spoke to the woman who has been living with HIV for 20 of those 30 years. ...
10:07 AM, Jun 07, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court would decide on Friday whether to impose an interim ban on the production and sale of controversial pesticide Endosulfan in the country, pending an elaborate hearing and its decision over a plea for it. A bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia on Wednesday directed the petitioner, CPIM's youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and other parties to the plea to file their...
12:57 PM, May 11, 2011
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