It has been confirmed that at least two babies have died in China after drinking milk formula tainted with melamine, a substance used in plastics, fertilisers, glues...

Last week, I took my friend and colleague Asher Samuel (shown in the photo) to Khyber Teaching hospital when he got severe diarrhea with blood in stool. Asher had...

Food sustains and nourishes us. Without it we would literally starve to death, and yet, some foods themselves can actually make us very sick, even causing death. For...

Cigua-what? I had never heard of the word until I was reading about an outbreak of Ciguatera in Palm Beach County, Florida recently. At least 10 people have been...

Soft drinks are one of the great business success stories of our time. Their manufacturers include some of the best-known global brand names, and the marketing...