A consumer alert was issued by the Federal and state health officials on

Heavy yesteryear smokers, even though they have quitted smoking now, face high risk of developin

Mississippi has topped the list of ‘fattest states' in the US with an obesity rate of 30% for the third successive year.

The Trust for America’s Health, an investigation group that focuses on preventing disease, states over 20 percent of mature residents in 47 other states are also considered overweight

The resident doctors’ strike at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will go on, said the general body conference of the physicians on yesterday evening. According to the decision taken at a general body conference of the physicians, about 700 medical doctors would not offer OPD and ward services.

Kashipur, Orissa: Cholera has preyed more than hundred people in Orissa’s Koraput and Rayagada districts. More than 6000 people have got treatment thus far.

A study in Diabetes Care unveiled that treating women to normalize blood sugar, who develop diabetes during pregnancy, intensely lessens the risks of their infant turning obese in puerility,