Youths are deprived of information and services related to sexual or reproductive health.

While doctors in Chittagong city say a physician should not be sued until an expert panel initially finds allegations of negligence in

The causes of heart attacks and the warning symptoms that can signal the need for immediate medical attention are different in women than in men, according to a scientific statement issued today by the American Heart Association.

The World Bank and the government yesterday signed a grant agreement to scale up and sustain essential health services for women, children and adolescents.

Nappy rash is a very common problem for the kids. It occurs due to irritation of the perianal skin due to persistent irritation by urine and feces. It may occur due to use of occlusive plastic plant. The affected area become red, excoriated, itchy and sometimes weepy. If the situation is not taken in to account superadded fungal and bacterial infections are not unlikely.

It needs attention and action of all concerned when the World Health Organisation (WHO) facts reveal that at least 2.8 million people are dying each year globally as a result of being overweight or obese.

Coconut water is the clear nutrient rich fluid which is found inside immature coconuts and also referred to as green coconut water because the immature coconuts are green in colour.

Diabetes will invariably have some effect on the relationships you have. In some cases the effects may be trivial but for some diabetes can be a lurking source of friction.

A private UK fertility clinic is offering couples a new form of IVF treatment that lets conception occur in the womb rather than in the lab, reports BBC.

Officials in four Latin American and Caribbean nations have warned women to avoid pregnancy amid concerns over an illness causing severe birth defects.

A construction worker died and another got injured after they fell from the 7th floor of an under-construction building at North Badda in the capital yesterday around 11:00am.

The doctors' leaders in Chittagong city in a meeting at Chittagong Medical College yesterday gave an ultimatum of 24 hours to withdraw two cases against three doctors filed on Tuesday over negligence in treatment.

Women who carry an inherited fault in the BRIP1 gene are three times more likely to develop ovarian cancer than those without it, researchers say.

Danish Minister for Employment Jørn Neergaard Larsen arrived in Dhaka yesterday morning to launch a partnership for improving the health and safety of workers in Bangladesh.

Nagorik Oikya yesterday demanded that its convener, Mahmudur Rahman Manna, be provided proper treatment and released.

While neither term appears in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the medical handbook used by psychiatrists, psychopaths can be divided into two categories.

The department of Public Health of American International University - Bangladesh (AIUB) organised a day long workshop and seminar for

Taking readings of brain activity before patients go for surgery could help doctors give a more accurate dose of anaesthetic, researchers suggest.

Your parents knew what was up when they told you to eat your broccoli. This verdant vegetable is a powerhouse of nutrients. It is reputed

Autism is now becoming a familiar condition in Bangladesh. The total numbers of autistic children are increasing day by day.