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The legislators of India have dressed the wound of the cancer patients a bit by giving nod to the Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill on Friday. This will enable the cancer patients to get an easy access to the pain-killer morphine drugs. Besides, it will be handy for regulating and controlling narcotic drugs.

With the rise of modern medical technologies, patient care has improved tremendously. Almost every single day, there is a new medicine in the market to take on a disease. But how safe and effective ar...

With the rise of modern medical technologies, patient care has improved tremendously. Almost every single day, there is a new medicine in the market to take on a disease. But how safe and effective ar...

Today is fifth day of the doctors' strike in Uttar Pradesh that has disabled the entire state. The protest broke out after 24 junior doctors at Kanpur medical college were held for getting into a struggle with Samajwadi Party supporters.

Scientists have long been working on CRISPR, a technology that could modify DNA and help cure diseases like cancer or Hepatitis B. While many have expressed concerns over the abuse of this technology, a group of researchers has taken a major step forward in the gene-editing category - human trials.