In a bold new approach ultimately aimed at trying to cure AIDS, scientists have used genetic engineering in six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to HIV, the virus that causes the disease.

BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Three women from Northeast Ohio put a new cosmetic technology to the test and all three of them now recommend it.

Seoul, South Korea - On the streets of Apgujeong, the Seoul neighborhood that is ground zero for plastic surgery in Asia, there are new faces looking to get lifted. The latest boost to South Korea’s booming beauty industry? China's wealthy.

El Centro, California (NAPSI) - Sure, they start out all shiny and healthy, but how do you keep your child’s teeth staying that way?

Varanasi: Obesity affects the female reproductive health and also increases complications during pregnancy, said experts at the symposium on 'recent trends in infertility', held on BHU campus on Saturday.

Dhaka, Feb 27 (bdnews24.com) –Critical surgeries like joint replacement are now possible in Bangladesh, experts say countering a popular notion that the country cannot offer modern treatment.

VARANASI: The three-day international conference on 'recent advances in safety and efficacy of ayurvedic formulations' concluded on Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus on Saturday. The conference was organised by the varsity's department of rasa shastra.

MANILA, Philippines – The medical tourism industry is now fast becoming a global multi-billion dollar industry. More and more countries are looking at medical tourism as an opportunity to promote both their medical services and their tourism industry in just one package deal.

Although each country can only count the number of true medical tourists, (excluding treatment for holidaymakers, business travellers, expatriate workers and spa/health tourism) each year as a few hundred, both Australia and New Zealand remain hopeful of attracting medical tourists.

Researchers are about to recruit almost 1,000 patients onto a study to establish which is the most effective diagnostic test for glaucoma. It is estimated that around 4,000 people are registered blind or partially sighted in the UK each year because of the eye disorder.