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Healthcare
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Healthcare
Meeting clean air targets could curb the diabetes burden in Bangladesh
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Healthcare
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Healthcare
Silent threats before birth: Air pollution and climate risks for infants
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Healthcare
AI in colonoscopy: A helpful tool or a risk to doctors’ skills?
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Healthcare
3,200 doctors to join field services in 10 days
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Take urgent action to curb unnecessary C-sections
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Bangladesh
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Healthcare
In dieting, low-fat or low-carb are the same: Study
Common dieting advice urges people to either eat fewer carbohydrates or less fat in order to shed weight. But a study Tuesday found neither approach is better than the other.
21 February 2018, 05:08 AM
Older adults with positive views on aging may have a reduced risk for dementia
Older adults who have acquired positive beliefs about old age from their surrounding culture are less likely to develop dementia,
17 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Praava Health Signs MOU with Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital
Praava Health signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital, whereby Ahsania
17 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Treating infectious diarrhoeal disease
Novartis and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have formed an alliance to advance development of Novartis’ drug candidate KDU731
17 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Routine lab investigations in diagnosing the diseases
To diagnose a disease correctly, we have three tools in our hand. The first one is meticulous history taking. Taking history with due
17 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Key to positive childbirth experience
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new recommendations to establish global care standards for healthy pregnant
17 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Expert tips on how to support your partner through stressful times
We all need some support from time to time, especially from our partners. However, it can be difficult to know what is the right thing to say or do to help, and sometimes you may even feel like you are making things worse.
12 February 2018, 09:00 AM
Rotavirus vaccine in immunisation programme
Recently Health Minister of Afghanistan Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz has announced the induction of Rota vaccine in the country’s
10 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Refined sugar can accelerate ageing
Nowadays, people are much more conscious about their skin’s beauty. But refined sugar, which we use vastly in our daily life, can
10 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Multidrug-resistant malaria demands urgent action
The current spread of multidrug-resistant malaria in southeast Asia is likely to be the result of two mutations combining in 2008,
10 February 2018, 18:00 PM
World Cancer Day celebrated at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka
Apollo Hospitals Dhaka celebrated World Cancer Day which takes place around the world every year on February 4 to save millions of
10 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Cervical cancer: Don't cure. Prevent.
In Bangladesh, 6,582 women die from cervical cancer every year. If the number seems small at first glance, here's another: 11,956 cases get diagnosed annually, while over 58.7 million women (aged 15 or above) are at risk.
8 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Form autonomous body to supervise pvt healthcare sector: TIB
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) recommends forming an independent body in a bid to check the irregular operations of private healthcare sector across the country.
7 February 2018, 07:14 AM
Higher rates of maternal and child mortality
Muslim-majority countries have higher maternal, stillbirth, newborn and child mortality rates compared to the global average and
3 February 2018, 18:00 PM
First ever successful awake brain surgery at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka
Recently, a patient named Nayan Mollah (26, M) was admitted to the Apollo Hospitals Dhaka with the complaints of seizure, dysphasia
3 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Another reason to encourage RA patients to stop smoking
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, smoking had a dramatic effect on mortality.
3 February 2018, 18:00 PM
New hope for cancer patients
World Cancer Day is the one singular initiative under which the entire world can unite together in the fight against the global cancer epidemic. It takes place every year on February 4.
3 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Focus on ending Leprosy transmission among children
The World Health Organisation (WHO) emphasised that national programmes should boost active case-finding, strengthen surveillance, improve contact-tracing and focus more on early detection of leprosy cases among children to ensure achievement of the
3 February 2018, 18:00 PM
India's 'Modicare' to cost about $1.7 billion a year, sources say
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to provide health insurance for about half the country would require an estimated 110 billion rupees ($1.7 billion) in central and state funding each year, sources familiar with the matter say.
3 February 2018, 05:05 AM
World Cancer Day: Healthy lifestyle changes could help lower risk of cancer
Sunday, February 4 marks World Cancer Day, which aims to unite the whole world in the fight against cancer and raise awareness of the disease.
3 February 2018, 04:38 AM