Healthcare

The chilling truth about winter joint pain and simple ways to manage it

1 February 2026, 05:09 AM Healthcare

Health records could help spot diabetes early

1 February 2026, 05:04 AM Healthcare

Meeting clean air targets could curb the diabetes burden in Bangladesh

1 February 2026, 05:01 AM Healthcare

7,000 steps a day could be the sweet spot for better health!

1 February 2026, 04:58 AM Healthcare

Silent threats before birth: Air pollution and climate risks for infants

1 February 2026, 04:55 AM Healthcare

AI in colonoscopy: A helpful tool or a risk to doctors’ skills?

1 February 2026, 04:52 AM Healthcare

3,200 doctors to join field services in 10 days

1 February 2026, 04:05 AM Hospitals

Take urgent action to curb unnecessary C-sections

29 January 2026, 00:00 AM Bangladesh

Injected with 'wrong medicine': Nurse suspended after child’s death at Suhrawardy hospital

28 January 2026, 18:27 PM Healthcare

WhatsApp enables monitoring of attacks on healthcare workers in Syria

The messaging service WhatsApp is being used in Syria to help monitor and collect data on attacks on health care workers and facilities, providing robust data in support of advocacy and accountability efforts.

10 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Something in your eye? Here is what you need to do

When a foreign object enters your eye, you will know right away. Whether it is an eyelash, dust particle, or tiny piece of sand, chances are

10 June 2017, 18:00 PM

The ultimate health care regimen

The word probiotics means promoting life. Bodies are full of bacteria, both good and bad. Good, friendly and helpful live bacteria are

10 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Man's best friend helps seniors get active

Owning a dog can help older adults get more exercise, according to a small UK study.

10 June 2017, 11:01 AM

Something fishy: Indians swallow live fish for asthma

More than 5,000 Indians have lined up in the country's south, pinching their noses and sticking their tongues out to swallow live fish in an unusual traditional treatment for asthma.

10 June 2017, 06:07 AM

Archroma Texbiz 2017: First-ever textiles business case competition

Students hailing from business schools as well as engineering schools competed with each other to display their creativity, teamwork, and spirit.

8 June 2017, 18:00 PM

21 areas in Dhaka city most risky for Chikungunya: report

A total of 23 areas in Dhaka city were identified as most risky for Chikungunya disease, says a report.

8 June 2017, 14:59 PM

Can eating eggs help kids' growth?

A new study has found that eating just one egg a day is associated with increased growth in young children.

8 June 2017, 10:39 AM

New research suggests importance of regular sleep schedule

The preliminary results of a new US study suggest that waking up later on weekends than during the week is contributing to a variety of health problems, as well as making us feel even more tired.

6 June 2017, 08:19 AM

More than 200,000 children dying from diarrhoea each year

Diarrhoea is one of the world’s leading causes of child illness and death, and rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhoea.

3 June 2017, 18:00 PM

PERCH publishes papers on pneumonia etiology

The foundational basis for the pneumonia etiology results from the PERCH (Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health) project have

3 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh scored 52 out of 195 countries on healthcare index

Bangladesh scored 52 at a healthcare index as per the new Global Burden of Disease study published in the medical journal The Lancet.

3 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Beating tobacco for good

Action to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according to a first-ever World Health Organisation (WHO) report, reduce large-scale environmental degradation.

3 June 2017, 18:00 PM

International variation on definition of brain death must be cleared up

A session at this year’s Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva, Switzerland (3-5 June) will focus on the international variation in the

3 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Insomnia during Ramadan

Ramadan times and present summer days seem to bring about many symptoms mainly due to the hot weather.

3 June 2017, 18:00 PM

3 rules for heart patients during Ramadan

Cardiovascular patients should follow at least three rules during the holy month of Ramadan to stay safe from heart failure or cardiac arrest or other severe ailments, an expert says.

3 June 2017, 05:09 AM

World No Tobacco Day: Try eight tips to quit smoking

Wednesday, May 31, 2017 is the World Health Organization's (WHO) annual World No Tobacco Day. For those planning on using the day as their quit date, we've rounded up eight top tips from the WHO to make 2017 the year you successfully quit smoking.

31 May 2017, 06:11 AM

Ukraine doctor pioneering 'three-parent' babies

A 34-year-old woman tried to have a baby for 15 years before she turns to a pioneering doctor in Ukraine and a groundbreaking but ethically disputed "three-parent" procedure.

31 May 2017, 05:21 AM

Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO

Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization says, also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste.

30 May 2017, 15:47 PM

Keeping secrets harmful to health: Study

There are harmful personal effects just from thinking about secrets, reveals a new research. In other words, keeping secrets is unhealthy as secrecy has been associated with depression, anxiety, and poor physical health, according to researchers at Columbia Business School of US.

28 May 2017, 07:31 AM