A Malayalam documentary film on HIV/AIDS will dwell on the story of a tech savvy couple becoming a victim of the disease. But "Kadalasupookkal" will send out a positive message.

The clinical trial of an experimental malaria vaccine among African babies has shown promising results.
The vaccine by Britain-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has been in development and trials for 20 years.

A bio-hospital will be started in Parumala under the initiative of Dr. K.M. Cheriyan who has reaped creditable achievements in the medical sector

Driving down to the Kashipur village block is almost an idyllic fantasy. But the picturesque landscape hides a dark truth - cholera is stalking the region, pushing it towards doom, reports Grassroots Features

At least 51 percent of Indian women lack proper care during pregnancy and delivery, according to a National Family Health Survey

11More than half the women in the country are anaemic and one in three child is underweight.
"Anaemia is disturbingly common among adults. 55 percent of women in India are anaemic and 43 percent of kids below the age of three are underweight," reveals the final report of the National Family Health Survey - III (NFHS-3), released Thursday.

 Scientists in Britain have warned that treatment of individual health problems by mixing different combination of plant extracts could cause more harm then good to the patient.

 A lot of schoolchildren risk getting fat because they don't exercise. They take the bus to school, spend the afternoon at their desks doing homework and in the evening they loll around on the sofa and watch TV. It might be their way of counterbalancing the stress of school, but it also can lead to physical problems

The only inland magazine in India which is concerned about health  is entering into the ninth year without any interruption

 The mosquito-borne dengue has struck again, affecting a doctor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here and raising the total number of cases reported so far to 87

Using yoga to treat a disease is just another example of using nanotechnology in medicine, according to leading yoga and spiritual guru Swami Ramdev.

Malappuram: People have been warned of a possible spread of Leptospirosis ( rat fever) in the district

When he reached the hospital to consult a doctor for his constant knee pain, Joy never knew that he was already a victim of a rare disease

The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notices to the central government and the capital's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Safdarjung Hospital on news reports claiming that three burns patients died due to lack of treatment after they were refused admission in the two government-run hospitals.

 Australia has committed 10 million Australian dollars to curb spread of HIV/AIDS in four states of northeast India.

Health officials in Mizoram are worried over recent data that points to promiscuous sex among married people as one of the primary reasons behind the spread of HIV/AIDS in the northeastern state

A massive health awareness drive was launched in Guwahati after laboratory tests on patients suffering from diarrhoea found strains of cholera, officials said Sunday

 A new study in Britain suggests that people can get better health if they stay happy.
Happiness is an emotional state that is characterized by feelings of enjoyment, pleasure and satisfaction

A new study has said that exposure to sun for 10 to 15 minutes every day could cut breast cancer risk in women.

A group of some 40 Indian patients with heart problems have demanded compensation from Dutch company Occam International BV, producer of medical intervention appliances and products

Sex-change surgery will be performed free by Brazil's state health system, the Brazilian government has said, signalling that it would not appeal against a court decision mandating the move

 Hundreds of people living with HIV/AIDS in Manipur are hit by an acute drug shortage after pharmaceutical companies stopped medicine supplies following a huge extortion demand by separatists

At a state cabinet meeting in Jodhpur, the Rajasthan government decided to invite private participation in healthcare services and to regularise residential colonies built on land meant for agricultural use, officials said Tuesday.

 A team of over 30 health experts from several countries are currently in Kerala to study healthcare facilities among the rural people in the state.