London, January 24: "Healthcare enthusiast" Prince Charles' organic brand is set to launch its complementary medicines made of traditional herbal ingredients.

The Duchy Originals brand, acclaimed for it upmarket organic biscuits, sausages and marmalade, will sell three products, all priced at
10 pounds.

London, January 23 : Harvard University researchers have shown that small plastic disks, when impregnated with tumour-specific antigens and implanted under the skin, can coax the mammalian immune system to attack tumours.

The researchers claim that their research represents the most effective demonstration to date of a cancer vaccine.

They have revealed that the study involved mice with an aggressive form of melanoma that would usually kill them within 25 days.

London, Jan 21 : The risks of severe complications linked with epidurals and spinal anaesthetics are "exaggerated", according to a study.

The study, led by Dr Tim Cook of the Royal United Hospital, Bath, suggests that the procedures are safer than previously thought.

It showed that the risk of permanent harm linked with spinal anaesthetic or epidural was about one in 23,000 to one in 50,000.

Permanent injury in the study was defined as symptoms lasting more than six months.

The risk of being paralysed was two to three times less than of suffering any permanent harm.

Kolkata, Jan. 21 : Parents often search for the perfect gift for their children. Well, here is the opportunity to give your baby a gift of a lifetime - bank his or her cord blood at birth. This gift would ensure treatment against diseases like leukemia, Alzheimer, breast cancer, diabetes and Parkinson's for your baby in future.

Umbilical cord blood is the blood which remains in the umbilical cord after birth of the baby. It is the richest source of adult stem cells which is collected, processed and cryogenically stored for future use if required.

Beijing - A 16-year-old boy died Tuesday of bird flu, becoming the third person in China in a little more than two weeks to succumb to the disease.

The boy died of H5N1 in Huaihua in the central province of Hunan, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing provincial health officials. They said he had contact with poultry, it reported.

Earlier, a senior government virus expert warned of an "epidemic" and said more human infections were expected.

Srinagar, Jan 19 : With migratory birds flocking Jammu and Kashmir, authorities are taking all measures to prevent outbreak of avian flu.

A large number of birds take their flight to the Kashmir valley every season as temperatures dip.

The Departments of Animal Husbandry in the state has alerted its staff around all wet lands of Kashmir valley to keep watch for any virus.