Cut the sugar in your diet: WHO

The World Health Organization has asked people to reduce their daily intake of free sugars. Its new guidelines released on Wednesday recommend that people get less than 10 ...

Broadway Stars Raise Funds And Awareness For The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

Broadway’s finest appeared at the Birdland Jazz Club Monday night to raise funds for the fifth consecutive year to battle pulmonary fibrosis (PF), a devastating and r...

And Another Month Goes

January did not conclude on a high for biopic and horror movie enthusiasts. Its final week doled out Hawaizaada, which crash landed under the weight of its...

How Did A Celibate 82-Year-Old Buddhist Monk Contract HIV?

An 82-year-old celibate Buddhist abbot from Cambodia has been diagnosed with HIV. His doctor was the cause: He was reusing syringes and infected a reported 272 individuals,...

Laura Dern Raises Awareness Of Lung Cancer At Academy Awards

The American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative congratulates Academy Award nominee Laura Dern for her acclaimed performance in the movie adaption of Cheryl Str...

841 deaths due to swine flu, matter of great concern: Govt

NEW DELHI: 841 people have died in the country due to swine flu since January 1 this year, which is a matter of “great concern” and the situation is being monit...

Synthetic vaccine sought to finally eradicate polio

An international team of scientists is to try to develop a wholly artificial vaccine to combat polio.

The disease is very...

Health literacy key to improving health outcomes in South East Asia

The South East Asia Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with Deakin University, has today (10 February) launched a set of health literacy...

Nicole Scherzinger Meets Children In Manila For UNICEF

Singer and UNICEF UK supporter, Nicole Scherzinger, has posted photos on Instagram of her experiences meeting children and their families living in poverty. Nicole, who is ...