One in three patients in the state suffer from diabetic nephropathy, a disease that damages the kidneys and is the single most important cause of end-stage renal problems.

Kerala has a high prevalenc

The government may be spending crores on AIDS awareness and prevention, but its officials are taking things easy. This is especially so in matters like random quality checking of condoms in the market

The government may be spending crores on AIDS awareness and prevention, but its officials are taking things easy. This is especially so in matters like random quality checking of condoms in the market

There’s widespread scare over clinical trials and their impact on ill-informed patients, who are often victims of circumstances than willing collaborators in research. This was foreseen long back, whi

The fatal assault on the traumatized Bihari youth, Satnam Singh Mann, allegedly by the staff at Peroorkada Mental Health Centre,Thiruvananthapuram exposes gross human rights violations at such centres

Dealing a major blow to the LDF, ruling UDF nominee R. Selvaraj on Friday wrested the Neyyattinkara seat in a fiercely fought triangular contest.

Amid reports that a section of the delegates are opposing the Chinese model of Socialism, CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury has reiterated the CPI(M) stand that the party is not following the Ch

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat has said he does not foresee a midterm poll in the country despite the poor performance of the Congress in the recent assembly elections in various states, and i

Freddy, the skipper of ill-fated St Antony, is lucky to be alive, but with unpaid debts worth `22 lakh on his boat, life is a big question mark.

Freddy, 30, who saw two of mates on the vessel succumb

With the CPI(M) Kerala secretary Pinarayi Vijayan presenting a highly critical report against Opposition Leader V.S. Achuthanandan, indicting him on many counts in the organizational reported presente