Hiccups is something, every one of us has experienced sometime in our life. It sounds funny and sometime, serious when we can't stop those hiccups which interrupt in our conversation. Here, in this article, we will discuss about what causes hiccups and how to cure them.

A serious threat to public health has been reported from the source. Some batches of oral polio vaccine manufactured by a Ghaziabad based pharmaceutical company didn't take adequate measures to inactivate the polio virus to make the vaccine. As a result, some batches of vaccine have been found to be contaminated with polio type 2 virus. We suggest you to inform everyone in family as well as those who have babies. Do not give oral polio dose to the baby till next update.

Recently, in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh a child was born with four legs and two penis but could survive with the abnormal features and died two days after the birth. The sad incident spread like wild fire and media went to dig out the reason behind such abnormal birth of babies.

New types of combined birth control pills -- containing both lower doses of oestrogens and newer progestogens -- may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer among young women, says a study.

Our brain is a complex network of neurons which serves as the building blocks of the nervous system, transmitting information to and from the brain and throughout our body. To surprise you, a human brain contains around 100 billion neurons. Isn't it amazing? Now, there is a little addition as a team of Swedish researchers has discovered three new types of neurons in the peripheral auditory system. Take a look at the mentioned information to know about the latest discovery.

Special health centres are running in Himachal Pradesh under the National Adolescent Health Programme to solve problems of youths, an official said on Sunday.

The proliferation of disease-causing antibiotic resistant organisms is correlated with many social and environmental factors such as poor sanitation, unsafe water and higher corruption, a study published in the Lancet Planetary Health, has showed.

During this last decade there has been a huge surge in the demand for bodybuilding supplements in the country. However, a study by Assocham and business management consultant RNCOS indicates that as much as 60-70 per cent of the dietary supplement being peddled across India is counterfeit.

Leading by example, Kulpi block in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district has achieved 99 per cent institutional child delivery by providing state-of-the-art facilities, according to an official.

All possible steps for extending relief to the flood-affected Kerala are being taken under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is personally monitoring the situation, Union Minister J.P. Nadda said on Friday.