Dr Prem Jagyasi and Team

While Europe and South East Asia have banned poultry imports, the Bacolod province in Philippines is going to hold the free-for-all Chicken festival at the public plaza before the commencement of South East Asian Games.

At the backdrop of bird flu,…

Truong Van Dung, head of the Veterinary Institute feels that the bird flu could have become more virulent. He should have clarified the degree of virulence. I suppose the number of bird flu deaths is not enough that Mr. Dung is anticipating the…

The health journals, awareness campaigns, ads, death toll, and even blogs have tried to urge the smokers to quit smoking, but they were of no avail. This blog aims at promoting the objectives of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control ratified by 106.

Cannabis is a proven drug for arthritis, but nothing has been known of the drug’s sanctioning. The medical trials of cannabis were carried out eight years back, which has shown positive results in curing arthritis, migraine, and cancer. Taking into…

The issue here is not about changing the right to confidentiality law for teens, less than 16 years of age, but it is about educating both teenagers and their parents regarding safe sex. Sue Axon should have given it a thought before bringing the issue..

This case of septicemia shocks me. The reason is not the kind of case involved; it is the neglect of medical authorities. While there are no proofs of Emma Thompson using unsterilised equipments while piercing Daniel Hindle’s lips, the year of Daniel’s…

NHS has been taking a number of decisions as per its whims and fancies, this time it has negated itself to use the drug Taxotere, which was the only proven drug for the people suffering from prostate cancer in Scotland. The Scottish Medicines Consortium..

Men do not have a phobia for needles as Jessica Kiddle points out in her article, but they do avoid MoTs. May be they adopt a different lifestyle, which does not give them much time or inclination to ponder over their health, another factor may be the…

The first live liver transplant will be done at the Scots hospital and will be headed by Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (ERI). Health minister Andy Kerr considers it as a lifeline for all those who had been waiting for a liver transplant. However, Kerr…

It is even difficult to imagine drinking diluted cat shit. I wonder what made the Animal Coffee makers come up with this crazy idea of getting the Arabica beans processed through cat excreta. Whatever it might be, the health authorities in China have…