It affects 20-50% of all travellers and in some particularly severe cases could completely spoil your brief vacation
It is right in the middle of the Republic Day long weekend and resorts around the country may be reporting higher than...
Are you getting the blues?
As sunlight starts to dwindle in the winters, temperature drops and you start to spend more time curled up at home - or at least want to - and if you feel dull, fatigued and...
In a bid to help dairy farmers, the agriculture ministry recently wrote to all states to include milk in the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme, asked the department of food and public distribution to consider inclusion of milk in the...
Last week - perhaps we should say last year - BJP MP Sushil Kumar Singh spoke in the Lok Sabha about how elderly are being harrassed over Aadhar biometrics. His own mother, he told the House was refused a...
In the second half of the new year, Canada would have joined only a handful of countries around the world where recreational marijuana is legal. It is significant because votaries of medical marijuana - cannabis used for medical reasons,...
Next time you grab that over the counter pill for an ache or just because you have not been feeling yourself for a couple of weeks, pause and think. While over the counter (OTC) drugs comprise a huge portion...
In India, breast cancer is the new cervical cancer. Late pregnancies, lack of awareness and a non-starter of a national screening programme have made breast cancer the most common female cancer in India - a position earlier held by...
Generic versions of branded drugs cost less and companies usually bank on volume.
Natco Pharma’s announcement on Monday that it is ready with a generic version of a Hepatitis B drug was yet another reminder about the high incidence of...
It is the party season and much as one would love to hog and make merry, in this day and age of ubiquitous packed foods, there is need to exercise caution. Pregnant women in particular need to be careful...
It is not usual for a young boy and a fit one to have a heart attack
The curious case of a 17-year-old footballer who landed at Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital last week with chest pain, later diagnosed as a heart...
