Do you realise, in the cozy comfort of your hotel room, there’s an insidious killer waiting for you? So think twice before you plan a relaxing weekend at some exotic location. Hotel rooms may not be
New York City might soon face a ban on the use of artery-clogging trans fat at restaurants. The city’s Health Department has proposed imposing a near ban on use of trans fat. The proposal comes after a year-long campaign to educate restaurants owners from using trans fat failed.
The mellowing taste of burning menthol cigarettes makes it harder to quit, reveals a new study. Although both menthol and non menthol cigarettes pose equal health risks, the former are more addictive
When was the last time you picked up a cigarette labeled “lights” or "light" thinking it might harm you less than the conventional “mild” or “strong”? Well going by the latest development in a US court, the judiciary has given a go ahead to a case which challenges the above stated so called “fact”.
In a trial to improve the overall survival, lung transplants will now be given to patients who need them most rather than to patients who have been waiting for long, state new rules.
Stretching the trend of merger in the Pharma sector, a Belgian biopharmaceutical manufacturer, UCB announced Monday that it has agreed to buy Monheim, Germany-based Schwarz Pharma for 4.4 billion euro
People who smoke tobacco are more likely to become HIV-infected than those who do not, results of a new study reveals. According to the new study, smoking increases the risk of acquiring HIV, the virus known to cause AIDS.
A not-for-profit, non-govermental American Scientific panel said Friday, that the U.S government's drug safety system is in a serious state of deterioration, focusing more on the approval of new medic
Parents definitely will get a shock after hearing that their children are not just eating a packet of crisps a day rather consuming almost five litres of cooking oil a year. This shocking fact was rev
