Japanese researchers have successfully developed artificial teeth that they say could replace the natural teeth in mice and eventually help with similar procedures in humans. In the technique, researchers developed the artificial teeth from a... More

If you can't recognise certain smells, you might be in line for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder or schizophrenia, Australian research suggests. Researchers at Melbourne University came up with a set of 40... More

Support is growing from within the British medical community for Indian and other non-European Union doctors who have been adversely affected by changes to immigration rules. The British Medical Association (BMA) strongly criticised the Feb 9... More

As March 1 draws near for the Class 12 board examinations tension among the students is mounting. The best way to help an already overwrought student get over last-minute panic would be to crack light jokes and insist on breaks between studies for... More

Over 90 percent of women in Mali in the age group of 15-49 years are circumcised by witch doctors in utter unhygienic condition, a World Bank report has revealed. Over 12 million women worldwide have been subjected to genital mutilation by quacks... More

Nearly 5,000 Indian doctors have so far returned home after failing to find suitable employment in Britain's National Health Service (NHS) that forced them to live with rats, cockroaches and scrounge for free meals in temples and gurdwaras. The... More

The cancer death rates among black Americans remain higher than the rates for whites, according to the American Cancer Society. In 2003, black men had a 35 percent higher cancer death rate than white men, and black women had an 18 percent higher... More

Helium - a colourless, odourless and tasteless chemical element - could help treat respiratory disorders, say researchers in Canada. Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have difficulty breathing out and often air is trapped... More

An Indian American professor's project on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could revolutionise healthcare by providing a more accurate tool for diagnosing cancer and other illnesses. Naresh Dalal, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the... More

In the wake of a controversy over the Madhya Pradesh government's recommendation of 'surya namaskar' - a warm-up yoga exercise - in schools, yoga guru Baba Ramdev Thursday claimed that the exercise was a form of complete workout without any... More