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Multivitamins don't appear to boost cardiovascular health
Taking a daily multivitamin is not associated with lower risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes, according to a meta-analysis in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
14 July 2018, 18:00 PM
#MenToo can be the cause of infertility
Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany hosted its first ever “Merck Health Media Training to Break the Stigma around Infertility in Africa” at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi during July 9-10.
14 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Alcohol intake tied to elevated blood pressure
Alcohol intake appears to have detrimental effects on blood pressure, particularly among men, according to two reports in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
14 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Use of surveillance in vaccine decision-making
Pneumonia and diarrhoea are leading causes of childhood death, accounting for 24% (1.4 million) of global under-five deaths in 2015.
14 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Why the burden of illness and health costs increasing globally?
Poor quality health services are holding back progress on improving health in countries at all income levels, according to a new joint report by the OECD, World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank.
14 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Late-life high blood pressure may harm the brain: Study
A new study reveals that high blood pressure late in life might harm the brain.
12 July 2018, 08:15 AM
Monsoon and Joint Pain
It is that time of the year again! Monsoon - when greenery returns to the gardens and fields, leaves begin to sprout, the peacock dances, frogs croak with abandon, and crickets shatter the night’s silence. Children wait eagerly to get a glimpse of a rainbow, and also to get a fresh 'rain bath.'
9 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Drug that can save thousands of women’s lives
A new formulation of a drug to prevent excessive bleeding following childbirth could save thousands of women’s lives in low- and lower-middle-income countries,
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM
The dangers of being ‘taken for granted’
A recent study in England found that married people were 14% more likely to survive after a heart attack and they were able to leave the hospital two days’ sooner than single people having a heart attack.
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Antidepressant use and long-term weight gain
Antidepressants are associated with weight gain in the short term, but little is known about their long-term effects.
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM
A new tertiary level hospital in Dhaka city with promises
Impulse Hospital, a latest generation private sector hospital, has recently embarked on a joint venture health initiative, with a famous expert team of physicians of Singapore, to render world-class healthcare services to Bangladeshi patients.
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Novel HIV vaccine candidate found safe and responsive
New research published in The Lancet shows that an experimental HIV-1 vaccine regimen is well-tolerated and generated comparable and robust immune responses against HIV in healthy adults and rhesus monkeys.
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM
A call for renewed action to end child marriage by 2030
Girls Not Brides — the global partnership to end child marriage, hosted the world’s biggest ever global meeting on ending child marriage
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Apollo has launched holistic Joint Care & Wellness Center
Apollo Joint Care & Wellness Center started its journey under the supervision of country’s renowned knee surgeon Dr M Ali. The center is equipped to provide joint care and wellness services of global standard — says a press release.
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Talk of the day/night
In this day and age, most of us are stubbornly working and those who are not also working use our pick of social networking sites to entertain until the late night ! Doesn’t matter 2 or 3 am!
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Diabetes diagnoses confirmable from single-sample measurements
Measuring glycated hemoglobin and fasting glucose from the same blood sample can confirm diabetes, a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests.
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Coding disease and death
There are few truer snapshots of a country’s wellbeing than its health statistics. While broad economic indicators such as Gross Domestic Product may skew impressions of individual prosperity, data on disease and death reveal how a population is truly faring.
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Remain independent in the activities of daily living
Activities of Daily Living (ADL) is very important for every person in their personal lives. There are three types of ADLs we do in our daily routine like i) self care, ii) productivity; and iii) leisure.
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Air pollution plays significant role in diabetes: Study
Air pollution caused one in seven new cases of diabetes in 2016, a US study says, which found even low levels raised the chances of developing the chronic disease.
30 June 2018, 07:01 AM
Life expectancy at birth rises to 72yrs in 2017
Life expectancy at birth increased to 72 years last year in Bangladesh from 71.6 years in 2016, according to a survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
27 June 2018, 10:00 AM