HEALTH

The PMC team found that the 436 doctors, most of whom were practising in Punjab, were simultaneously serving four medical colleges.

TB is difficult to diagnose and treat, with less than 50% chance of recovery. Unless urgent steps are taken, TB will remain one of India's top most silent killers.

The market for angiography or the medical imaging technique used for diagnosis & treatment of vascular diseases & conditions is estimated to reach $27.7 billion in 2019. Asia, Latin America and countries like India, China, and Brazil are likely to drive market growth because of increasing aging population, prevalence of disease, rising awareness about the benefits of early diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases

The body needs insulin to keep blood sugar levels from rising too high. The excess insulin begins to make you fat by depositing fat in the fat cells and signals the brain that you are hungry. As a result, you eat more and the bad LDL cholesterol forms plaques in arteries causing heart attacks and strokes.

A new experiment by Brown University biologists has generated valuable insight into the complex process of sperm generation and loss of fertility in men.The importance of this research lies in the hope that maybe tomorrow by detecting the mutation in teenage boys, doctors could freeze their sperm so that when they are older and want to have children, they could draw on that banked supply.

Easy-to-obtain oral swab samples can significantly improve diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), new research has found. Detecting the disease with a simple oral swab "could be...

Researchers have developed a new method to monitor the effect of anti-cancer drugs on people suffering from a type of blood cancer. The new antibody-based...

Both chimpanzees and gorillas harbour viruses that are capable of crossing the species barrier to humans and have the potential to cause major disease outbreaks.

A recent resurgence of the disease is threatening Europe’s goal of eliminating measles by the end of 2015.

Cataract is a major cause of blindness - globally. An estimated 9 million people in India go blind, and about 1.8-3.8 million new cataract cases are added every year.

A new test kit that claims to identify the Ebola virus in 15 minutes has been approved by WHO. The best part of the story is that it can be used in remote areas; doesn’t require electricity or a high level of training.