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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...

But the study was terminated in 1994 and its findings were not made public. No research has been conducted since and lakhs of people who continue to suffer from MIC exposure only receive symptomatic treatment. March 2010. "The gas tragedy...

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...

What we have found is that no region of the brain is spared from lead exposure," said the study''s lead author, Kim Cecil, Ph.D., imaging scientist at Cincinnati Children''s Hospital Medical Center and professor of radiology, pediatrics and neuroscience at...

She said the Red Ribbon Express Phase-I showed that “we are on the right track because of the appreciation we got from the people.” Tackling the HIV epidemic was a high priority for the Centre because the disease mostly affected...

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...

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...

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...