WHO says India tops MDR-TB cases in South East Asia

As  per recent World Health Organization estimates, India has recorded about 63,000 cases of notified multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2010, the highest in the South East Asia region. The prevalence More...

Cancer diagnosis seldom deters smokers

A research team led by Elyse R. Park, PhD, MPH, of the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston, in its recent report, suggested that a significant number of patients don’t quit smoking More...

Health first; wealth can wait

The conventional wisdom is that wealthier is healthier: staying alive longer takes expensive stuff, and so a country’s quickest way to better health for its people is economic development. There’s a More...

Countries need to change their mindset to tackle non-communicable diseases: WHO chief

Countries need to change their present mindset to successfully tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the head of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today, adding that governments will need More...

India reports zero cases of polio since last year January 13

With January 13, 2012, approaching soon, India has a reason to celebrate. Having reported zero polio cases in a twelve – month period; India is definitely about to cross a major milestone on its path of achieving More...