South Asia Health News

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...

Phase one of the school vaccination program is set to end next week, as the Department of Public Health and Social Services is looking to vaccinate students from the remaining three schools in one week. Agueda Johnston Middle School is...

The girls were moved out of the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Children's Hospital last night, and are recovering well from the rare and risky surgery that separated them. A medical team at the Royal Children's Hospital worked for...

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...

The World Diabetes Day was celebrated throughout Nepal Saturday by organizing various awareness programs with the main slogan of "get knowledge of diabetes and control it".     November 14 that marks the birthday of Dr. Frederic Banting who co-discovered insulin (medicine...

Army Addresses Soldiers� Suicide Rate Published: November 17, 2009 The Army said there were almost certainly to be more suicides of soldiers this year than last...Peter Chiarelli, the Army vice chief of staff, said that as of Nov. 16, the...