Fortis Healthcare has emerged as one of the fastest growing healthcare companies in India has gone on an expansion spree in the country as well as in the international markets.

The company acquired a 24% stake in Parkway Holdings which is one of the leading healthcare firms in Asia. The company was mainly focusing on companies within the country but with this acquisition it has stepped up its global expansion plans.

With three more deaths due to swine Flu being registered in India, its total toll has touched the 1404 mark.

The ministry told that one death was reported from Maharashtra while the other two were reported in Rajasthan.

A new study initiated by the researchers from the University of Oregon's school psychology program related to the effect of autism on families having autistic children suggests that elementary-school aged older siblings of autistic children tend to develop hyperactive problems during their childhood.

According to a new report, which documented Australian spinal injuries between 2006 and 2008, reveal that Territorians are two times as likely to hurt their spines as compared to the average Australian.

Northern Territory is witnessing the highest rate of spinal injuries in the country, due to road accidents caused by young male motorcyclists. Men tend to injure their spines more, as compared to women.

In this age, where companies are rarely doing well, it is confidence inspiring when even one company reports a marginal profit. JD Weatherspoon, a reputed pubs operator, has revealed that it obtained profit in the first half of the operating fiscal, to the tune of £36.2 million. This is followed by the additional good news that dividend payments will be restored for the shareholders that have stood by the company through this economic turmoil.

In an effort to boost the employability of its relatively young workforce, McDonalds today has decided to provide for a GCSE style qualification for work experience, which is supposed to be beneficial even outside of McDonalds.

Activists of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are reported to initiate a campaign, urging people in Tamil Nadu to stop the habit of eating fish.

The fish are a revealed to pose a threat to human health for it is full of chemical toxins.