Health

New Delhi, Jan 13, With a 'zero-polio' record in the last one year, India Friday carried its fight against the crippling disease to hospitals and health care centres across the country where parents brought their children for vaccination as the World Health Organisation lauded the country's achievement.

Shillong, Jan 9 (IANS) Around 2,000 poultry birds have died in the past few weeks on a farm in Meghalaya's East Garo Hills district, fuelling fears of bird flu, even as a general alert was sounded in the area, officials said Monday.

Bhubaneswar, Jan 9 : Odisha has alerted all its district authorities in view of the detection of a bird flu case in the state, an official said Monday.

Singapore: A gene responsible for lung cancer has been identified by scientists here.

Cancer stem cells or tumor-initiating cells (TIC) are responsible for tumor growth, Xinhua reported quoting the researchers. The scientists found a marker, known as CD166, to identify these cells.

New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Though India reported just one case of polio this year, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Sunday efforts to contain the virus will be intensified, amid the risk of the disease creeping in from Pakistan and China.

Washington, August 23 (ANI): Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have identified a new drug target for treatment of type 2 diabetes and prediabetes.

Washington, August 23 (ANI): Children with severe asthma are 3.6 times more likely to have been exposed to tobacco smoking before birth than children with a mild form of the disease, according to a new study.

Moscow, June 1 : An expert panel by the World Health Organization (WHO) has established a potential link between the use of mobile phones and brain cancer, the organisation said in a statement on its website.

Washington, April 20 (IANS) Indian American cancer specialist, Siddhartha Mukherjee who won a 2011 Pulitzer Prize for his very first book, says there is no conclusive study linking the use of cell phones to brain cancer.

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) Thursday said it will assist India in studying whether the multi-drug resistant superbug alleged to be present in Delhi's water is a health threat.