Mumbai Health News

India is the global laggard in reducing measles deaths, with three-quarters of the 164,000 deaths from measles that still occur worldwide annually, according to data released Thursday by the United Nations . The developing world has made extraordinary strides in...

People Living with HIV AIDS (PLHA) within 3th stadium AIDS, has CD4 less than 5 but she is still living.

With only three patients on ventilator across the state since November, there is no indication of the much dreaded second wave of the flu which was expected in winter. "We haven't got many cases of the flu since winter and...

Good health is an asset. But at times unhealthy lifestyles can deteriorate its quality. Smoking is one such example. A common perception is that smoking causes lung cancer. But this is not all. It actually is also a cause of...

The Salk researchers' findings could explain why shift workers are unusually prone to diabetes, high cholesterol levels and obesity. "We believe that it is not shift work per se that wreaks havoc with the body's metabolism but changing shifts and...

In a new study, scientists have shown that two drugs used to treat breast cancer and osteoporosis eliminated cervical cancer in mice. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health say their findings offer hope to...

It will also provide a debt relief package to some plantation crops, including coffee. "The government is very serious of addressing the problems of indebtedness of the plantation sector. Jyotiraditya Scindia, union minister of state for commerce and industry, said....

An international team of researchers have made a novel discovery that might open avenues for developing new treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases like psoriasis and asthma. They have identified a new type of immune cell that can be out of...

Juggling work, treatment and medication was tough for Tahiliani till his doctor told him about a support group for people like him, about a year ago. "After joining the group I met a six-year old who suffered from the same...

Most nuts contain some nutrients that can benefit heart health and help with cholesterol control. They include unsaturated fats, omega-3 fatty acids, fiber, 1-arginine and plant sterols. Nuts have been shown to reduce low-density lipoproteins (LDL, or "bad" cholesterol) levels...