SARS - respiratory illness (April 1st, 2003)
Potential ways in which SARS can be spread include touching the skin of other people or objects that are contaminated with infectious droplets...

Another Deadly Virus from the Meat Industry (April 27th, 2003)
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus is just the latest in a string of human tragedies traced back to our appetite for animal flesh.

Potent Stem Cells Found in Baby Teeth (April 26th, 2003)
Your seven-year-old's baby tooth may be worth a lot more than the quarter the tooth fairy left under the pillow.

Hope for breast-cancer cure (April 25th, 2003)
If breast cancer is detected early, the survival rate could be as high as 90 percent.

Gene therapy could cure diabetes (April 23rd, 2003)
The condition is a complicating factor in obesity and heart disease, in addition to its own threats of coma, blindness and poor quality of life.

Noise Affects Brain Development (April 22nd, 2003)
The study does suggest that high levels of noise might possibly affect some language learning in infants.

Take a weight off your mind (April 20th, 2003) 
It seems Jackie might just have proved the old adage: a healthy mind makes a healthy body.

Gene linked to thyroid cancer identified (April 19th, 2003)
This new discovery will help in the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid, and maybe other, cancers.

Calcium keeps girls slim (April 18th, 2003)
These findings support the idea that calcium, especially from dairy products, helps control weight and fat.

Humans 'nearly impossible' to clone (April 15th, 2003)
It may be impossible to clone human beings with existing technology because of insurmountable molecular obstacle.

Risk of Mole becoming Cancerous is low (April 8th, 2003)
Mole removal as a precautionary measure to avoid melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, would be of little benefit to most young people.

Immune Response depends on key Molecule (April 4th, 2003)
A molecule called caspase-8 plays a key role in the immune system response, by controlling how T-cells are activated to respond to infections.

Brain jab fights Parkinson's disease (April 2nd, 2003) 
A cure remains a long way off, but the Frenchay results raise hopes.

Department to cure snoring (April 1st, 2003) 
A Coimbatore-based multi-specialty hospital has set up a 'sleep lab', which diagnoses and treats patients.

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This one is an eye opener! (March 30th, 2003)
Eighty per cent of blindness is totally avoidable, says Dr S Natarajan, a leading Mumbai-based ophthalmologist.

Pot use in pregnancy may dull baby's brain (March 28th, 2003)
A new study says pregnant women who smoke pot can pass those cognitive problems on to their babies.

Asthma drug raises heart risk (March 27th, 2003)
Patients taking anti-inflammatory steroid drugs for conditions such as asthma are at a greater risk of heart disease.

Safe way to remove blood clots in brain (March 25th, 2003)
Combining a minimally invasive surgery with clot-busting drugs may be a safe way to remove brain clots.

Alcohol 'lowers dementia risk' in elderly (March 21st, 2003)
Research has suggested that drinking light-to-moderate amounts of alcohol appears to protect against dementia in older adults.

The increasing problem of obesity (March 20th, 2003)
Up to 1.7 billion people worldwide could be overweight or obese, say experts, calling for efforts to combat the epidemic.

Marrow stem cells hold promise (March 19th, 2003)
The discovery that stem cells can repair pancreas and produce insulin raises the possibility of treating diabetics.

Killer pneumonia in Singapore? (March 18th, 2003)
Four patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome had been hospitalised, bringing the cases to 20.

Passive smoking leads to tooth decay? (March 16th, 2003)
New research shows that secondhand smoke could promote cavities and tooth decay in young children.

Drug habits die hard (March 14th, 2003)
The users struggle with residual effects for almost a year after going cold turkey.

High fat diet reduces seizure risk (March 13th, 2003)
A high-fat diet can dramatically reduce or end seizures in children with severe epilepsy.

Eat breakfast, reduce risk of disease (March 12th, 2003)
People who eat breakfast are less likely to be obese and diabetic than those who don't.

Shock therapy can help depression (March 11th, 2003)
Shock therapy can effectively treat depression, according to a team of British researchers.

Short thighs carry higher diabetes risk (March 10th, 2003)
So says a new study in the US. Could this be the case in India too?

Caesareans, bladder control linked (March 8th, 2003)
Women who deliver babies through Caesarean section are less likely to develop bladder control problems.

Hour less of sleep can set a kid back (March 7th, 2003)
Losing an extra hour's sleep from staying up to watch TV can cost children alertness the next day

Intentional weight loss lowers mortality (March 6th, 2003)
Overweight people can reduce risk of death by trying to lose weight, regardless of whether they succeed.

Obese men eat up their IQ points (March 5th, 2003)
Being overweight is not only bad for men's hearts - it also makes them less intelligent.

Baby late? Blame Dad! (March 4th, 2003)
Blame mom for just about everything, but not for a longer-than-normal pregnancy. It's the father's genes.

Link between miscarriages, heart disease? (March 1st, 2003)
Women who experience multiple miscarriages may have an elevated risk of heart disease, says a new study.

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Vitamin derivative fights diabetes ills (28th Feb, 2003)
It appears to reduce the risk of blindness, kidney problems and limb amputation due to diabetes.

Long-term antidepressants 'halve relapses' (27th Feb, 2003)
Researchers found that treatment for one or two years with antidepressants substantially reduced the chances of relapse.

Arthritis doubles heart attack risk? (26th Feb, 2003)
A study points to a possible correlation between rates of arthritis and heart attack risks in women.

Warning bells on coffee (25th Feb, 2003)
Women have been advised to cut down on coffee during pregnancy as it could increase risk of stillbirth.

Toddlers and ear infections (23rd Feb, 2003)
Experts say younger children are more prone to ear infections, simply because of their still-immature physiology.

Coloured disinfectants and diagnosis (22nd Feb, 2003)
Use of coloured lavatory disinfectants could jeopardise people's chances of reaching a self-diagnosis of early-stage colon cancer.

Ward off Alzheimer's with vegetables (21st Feb, 2003)
Eating a diet rich in vegetables may be one way to reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Coated aspirin may not prevent stroke? (19th Feb, 2003)
People taking aspirin to prevent strokes might not get the blood-thinning effects if they use a coated pill.

Urinary Tract Infections (16th Feb, 2003)
About one of five women may get the infection. Here are some steps to avoid it.

The gentle art of healing (23rd January, 2003)
Jin Shin Jyutsu is an ancient system of hands-on healing that has profound effects on the body and mind. It works along energy pathways that feed life into our body.

In safe hands? (23rd January, 2003)
A California biotechnology company has acquired the American rights to a Japanese smallpox vaccine which it claims is safer than the one the Bush administration had planned to use.