
US researchers have uncovered how the most common chemotherapy drug doxorubicin causes severe cardiac damage. ...

Amid 25 Zika virus cases reported in the state from January to July, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday appealed to the citizens not to panic but, at the same time, not to take any fever lightly and visit the nearest state-run hospital, where the best diagnosis and treatment is available free of cost. ...

Doctors at the Osmania General Hospital, the oldest government-run hospital in Hyderabad, have successfully performed a liver transplant on a three-year-old boy. ...

The hematopoietic cell transplant team at Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine has developed a novel technique based on a new drug combination that has shown considerable anti-cancer activity with low toxicity for relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. ...

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has spread to a second farm in Sydney's northwest, with emergency control zones established to curb the transmission of the highly contagious disease. ...

Success rates of freezing eggs are comparable to those obtained by normal in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and are subject to the same variables of female age and embryo quality, according to a study. ...

Love to play rugby or football? A new study on retired rugby players showed that suffering multiple concussions while playing increased their risk of diseases like Alzheimer's and motor neuron disease (MND). ...

People who gain excess weight from their 20s are likely to have weaker hearts by the time they reach their 60s, according to a study. ...

A team of scientists has identified an "unconventional" immune response that can pave the way for developing new vaccines for tuberculosis (TB). ...

Countries must strengthen efforts at all levels to identify and immunise unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children, said Saima Wazed, Regional Director of World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia....