Startling global figures indicate that more than a billion people experienced sexual violence during their childhood. In the year 2023, app...

Global HIV research indicates a potential cure for children through early antiretroviral therapy (ART). A small group of HIV-infected infan...

While weight loss is often praised in society, sudden or unintentional weight loss can be a sign of serious underlying health issues. Medic...

People become anemic when their blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body.

As the lead singer of the rock group Queen, British singer-songwriter Freddie Mercury rose to international fame. He received an AIDS diagn...

Immunocompromised people aren't a uniform group, and so may respond to vaccines differently.

The solutions may lie in multiple doses and shorter waiting period between the jabs.

New guidelines for health insurance plans issued by IRDAI favour policyholders but premiums could rise.

The insurance regulator on Monday said age-related ailments such as cataract surgery, knee-cap replacements, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s wo...

An Irdai constituted panel has recommended a simpler definition of pre-existing diseases to prevent any disputes over interpretation.

Irdai had set up a working group for standardisation of exclusions in health insurance contracts in July this year.

Conditions such as back pain, diabetes and heart disease may be at an increased risk of committing suicide.

People with hepatitis B are 76 per cent more likely to develop Parkinson's disease.

Concerns are not limited to India. The assessment shows the infection, as well as is its consequent mortality, increasing rapidly worldwide.

India is now one of the few countries where generics are available for interferon-free treatment of Hepatitis C.

People infected with HIV are already known to have an elevated risk for heart disease but hepatitis C can spark cardiovascular damage indep...

Infosys Technologies has completed the deployment of a patient management tool for an initiative to improve healthcare access for rural and...