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Daiichi-controlled Ranbaxy enjoys the first-to-file status for the drug and, therefore, has a six-month exclusive marketing right to the medicine. During the period, Ranbaxy will be the only company, other than the innovator GSK [ Get Quote ], to market...

The expert stressed that schools should also play a pro-active role in encouraging children to play and eat sensibly as kids today are at a greater risk of falling prey to obesity. In a panel discussion consisting of Dr Navjot,...

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...

Thus do the mint-flavoured affairs of the world go round and round. Now a team from Newcastle University appears to have proved what Brazilian herbalists have known for thousands of years: Brazilian mint tea can be as potent a painkiller...

So what's the right age for an Indian woman to start getting screened for breast cancer -- 40 or 50?...Monday that regular breast cancer screening of women should start at the age of 50 as opposed to 40, which is...

Today is World Diabetes Day – a day to reflect upon why India has become the diabetic capital of the world with 50.8 million (7.1%) of its people suffering from diabetes. It is high time we prepared to combat this...

Over 70 patients are said to have died as the strike by Bihar’s junior doctors, who are demanding an increase in their stipend, entered its sixth day on Sunday. Naquie Imam, spokesperson of the Bihar Junior Doctors’ Association. “This matter...

Approximately 200 million children, under the age of five, suffer from stunted growth in the developing world. The report "Tracking Progress on Child and Maternal Nutrition" found that stunting is primarily caused due to childhood under-nutrition, which contributes to more...

It can do wonders to your mood and improve your psychological state. Despite the consistency of official recommendations advocating a high-carbohydrate, low-fat, energy-restricted diet for treating obesity, the epidemic has led to widespread interest in alternative dietary patterns for weight...

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...