Malaria is making a comeback. Parasites and mosquitoes have developed resistance to drugs and insecticides and new drugs are too costly and their effect short lived
FUIELLING SUCCESS: Ballard Power Systems of Canada has entered into big league by tying up with Daimler-Benz of Germany. The latter recently announced that it will invest US $290 million in
Ordinary cold remedies and other productscontaining decongestants can lead to strokes in otherwise healthy people, according to Eric Raps, director of Pennsylvania Medical Center's division of
A common antibiotic may be as effective as oestrogen in preventing devastating bone loss caused by osteoporosis, suggests a new study conducted in the US. Minocycline, a derivative of
A lawsuit filed in the US district court in San Francisco has accused three pharmaceutical firms -Boots Co of UK, BASF AG of Germany and its US subsidiary Knoll Pharmaceuticals -of covering up a
A recently discovered drug molecule can force the body to burn off calories without too much exercise. This molecule called CP-331679, which essentially mimics the action of a hormone called
