Bangalore, Aug 25 (IANS) India Tuesday reported two swine flu deaths with a 44-year-old woman in the national capital and a 28-year-old man in Bangalore succumbing to the H1N1 influenza, taking the total toll to 66. In New Delhi, Usha Jain, a resident of Faridabad, died at 10.15 a.m. Tuesday, said N.K. Chaturvedi, the medical [...]

Worrying about the health of his nation has hit US President Barack Obama’s popularity hard; his ratings have fallen by almost half because his big election promise to make health care more affordable has got stuck in bitter politics. There are so many vested interests in the American health system as billions of profits are [...]

The first swine flu vaccines are likely to be licensed for use in the general population in September, the World Health Organization has announced. Several manufacturers have produced initial batches of a H1N1 vaccine and some clinical trials are already underway. WHO director of vaccine research Dr Marie-Paule Kieny also sought to calm fears about [...]

One in five young teenagers suffer headaches at least once a week, say researchers. Of 1,000 12-15 year olds in Exeter questioned for the study, 10% had more than two headaches a week. That group had a poorer quality of life than children with asthma, diabetes or cancer, the British Journal of General Practice reported. [...]

Coronary artery disease (CAD) or heart attack is the biggest killer today, and significantly, India accounts for the maximum CAD cases in the world. According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) estimation, 60 per cent of the world’s heart patients will be Indians by 2010. Another disturbing trend is that of all the heart patients [...]