Spokesman: Doctors to let Zsa Zsa Gabor return home from hospital Friday

Spokesman: Gabor to go home from hospital Friday

Six new dengue cases in Delhi

NEW DELHI - Six new cases of dengue were detected in the capital Saturday, taking the total number of people affected by the mosquito-borne disease to 52, an official said.

Free health insurance to state PSU employees in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Saturday extended the free health insurance scheme to employees and pensioners of state government undertakings, freedom fighters and village munsifs (civil judges).

Calcium supplements’ link to heart attack risk ‘overstated’

WASHINGTON - Scientists say that calcium supplements play an important role in maintaining bone health.

Battle to control Rs.7 bn Lilavati Hospital hots up

MUMBAI - The ongoing family feud for control over the estimated seven billion-rupee business empire linked to the Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre here Saturday took a new turn with a top trustee hitting out at others.

Cheers! Drinking red wine ‘can help you live longer’

WASHINGTON - Drinking red wine can help people live a longer and healthier life, according to a new study.

Chhattisgarh airlifting doctors to diarrhoea-hit areas

RAIPUR - The Chhattisgarh government has started airlifting doctors by choppers to tribal belts in Bijapur and Dantewada districts where dozens of people have died due to diarrhoea, cholera and other diseases in the past few months, a minister said Saturday.

Soybean could boost bone health: Study

WASHINGTON - Scientists are exploring the role of natural estrogen-like substances in foods, like soybean isoflavones, in boosting bone health.

Cost-effective intervention program cuts HIV risk in female sex workers

WASHINGTON - A team of researchers has found that even a modest behavioural intervention program can measurably reduce the incidence of HIV among female sex workers in the U.S.-Mexico border region.