New Delhi, Feb 11 - The recent cases of a 12-year-old who died aping a TV serial suicide and a 15-year-old who stabbed his teacher to death after being reportedly influenced by watching revenge drama "Agneepath" have put the spotlight on the influence showbiz exerts on young, impressionable minds. But films and TV shows are not alone to blame, say experts.

Media literacy for kids is one way out, suggests child psychiatrist Samir Parikh.

New Delhi, Feb 6 - In existence for nearly two decades, India's HIV-AIDS control mission has been the most successful global model to deal with the disease, the head of the country's AIDS control panel said Monday.

New Delhi, Feb 6 - It's that time of the year when tension runs high, anxiety grips the minds of parents and students who are concerned about just one thing -- board exams! But help is just a call away as many helpline numbers are active to overcome exam stress.

New Delhi, Feb 3 - It's time you stopped saying, "It can't happen to me". Cancer is climbing the Indian graph due to rapid lifestyle changes, adding nearly a million new cases every year.

While cancer of the breast and cervix are most common among women, men suffer from neck, throat and prostate cancer.

New Delhi, Feb 3 - In India, almost 80 percent of breast cancer patients are in an advanced stage when they come to a hospital, say doctors. Among the prime factors fuelling the disease in the country, especially among urban women, are fast-paced lives and delayed reproductive activity, they add.

New Delhi, Feb 2 - Ignorance, stigma and lack of doctors have long marred mental healthcare in India. But with stressful lifestyles and ever increasing cases of depression, this much neglected segment is now gaining importance in the country's medical scenario.

New Delhi, Jan 30 - Shutting yourself from the outside world by plugging in earphones and listening to music while walking on the streets might help kill stress. But it can also kill you if one is to go by the recent accidents involving "distracted pedestrians".

New Delhi, Jan 28 - Around half a million newborns in India suffer from congenital genetic disorders every year - the highest in the world - but advances like molecular pathology have helped detecting these disorders at early stages, an expert said Saturday.

New Delhi, Jan 27 : As a two-year-old abandoned baby suffering from multiple injuries battled for life at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Friday, police were still trying to find her parents.

Baby girl Falak, who was admitted to AIIMS Jan 18, is showing signs of recovery, but her chances of survival are only 50 percent, say the doctors.

New Delhi, Jan 24 - Even as the health ministry continues to be in a denial mode over cases of totally-drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) surfacing in Mumbai, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) Tuesday urged stakeholders working on the deadly disease to scale up services.

New Delhi, Jan 20 - Providing hope to arthritis patients in the country, a private hospital here Friday performed unique ankle replacement surgery to cure rheumatoid arthritis -- a condition causing joint inflamation.

New Delhi, Jan 20 - There are no cases of total drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) reported in the country and the cases reported by a Mumbai hospital fall in the category of extensively drug-resistant TB, according to a report submitted to the health ministry Friday.

New Delhi, Jan 19 - Severe headaches for days, nausea and vomiting - migraine patients go through hell. In fact it has been ranked as the 19th most disabling disease by WHO. But anti-ageing drug botox can bring some relief to chronic patients, say experts, though there is not much awareness about this cure yet.

New Delhi, Jan 17, - Three children got a new lease of life following a 20-hour, complex liver transplant procedure, requiring a team of 40 doctors simultaneously performing in half-a-dozen operation theaters.

Tejasree, Ansa and Anish suffered from congenital liver conditions leading to life-threatening complications and needed immediate liver transplants. But none of the three could receive a transplant from their respective families.

New Delhi, Jan 17 - With a Mumbai hospital reporting the first case of total drug resistant (TDR) tuberculosis (TB) in the country, the health ministry Tuesday sent a team to Mumbai to ascertain facts about the new development.

New Delhi, Jan 11 - When a recipe calls for ghee or butter, substitute it with canola or olive oil for better health. Both these oils can help you to shed weight and reduce liver fat, lipids and triglycerides, says a study.

New Delhi, Jan 11 - India has a reason to smile on the polio front, especially on Jan 13. Not only will it achieve a major milestone of no new case after that day last year, there are also indications that the World Health Organisation (WHO) will remove India from its list of polio endemic countries by February.

New Delhi, Jan 8 - They cannot speak or hear and yet, their desire for a child made a couple fly all the way from Australia - to be rewarded with, not one, but two baby girls through surrogacy in India. It took them a nine-month wait and then a 13-hour flight to see their dream come alive.

New Delhi, Jan 2 : It has been a year since Shalu left school, and all that the 13-year-old cancer patient can think about these days is going back and joining her friends.

"I am hopeful of getting well soon," says Shalu, who has been admitted at the Delhi State Cancer Institute for the last six months.

New Delhi, Dec 22 - Magic show, stand-up comedy acts and gifts, it was the "best ever" party for 12-year-old Gurnoor Singh as he celebrated Christmas and life, ironically inside a hospital where he is fighting
leukaemia.

Gurnoor was diagnosed with cancer in March this year and life has been an emotional roller-coaster ride for him and his family since then.

New Delhi, Dec 14 : If you are planning to pump up your body at the gym, buying protein supplements may not be a bad idea. Mixed with water or milk, they go hand in hand with body building and are the best way to repair worn out tissues after exercise, say experts.

New Delhi, Dec 13 - Cancer is on the rise in India, with an estimated 535,767 people dying of the disease this year, Minister of State for Health Sudip Bandyopadhyay informed the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.

"As per National Cancer Registry Programme of the Indian Council of Medical Research, the number of cancer cases is gradually increasing in the country," the minister said in a written reply during the question hour.

New Delhi, Dec 13 - India will be the only country in the world to screen its entire 125 crore population for prevention of cancer and some other non-communicable diseases in the next five years, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told the Rajya Sabha Tuesday.

New Delhi, Dec 6 - Seven years after he lost his sight following acute illness, it was no less than a miracle for 62-year-old Carl Stevens when he was able to catch a glimpse of the Taj Mahal after treatment by an Indian doctor.

An American citizen, Stevens, lost his vision in 2004. He is now recovering his sight in what can be called nothing short of a medical miracle, made possible through stem-cell therapy.

New Delhi, Dec 1 - In a departure from tradition, the Red Ribbon Express, a special train which travels across the country to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS, gave the capital a miss on World AIDS Day Thursday.

Officials in the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) said the "organisation has been busy with projects".