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Molecularly matched treatment for Pancreatic cancer

Molecular profiling is emerging as a part of standard treatment to identify targetable abnormalities in patients with pancreatic cancer.
4 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Respiratory physiotherapy in COVID-19 perspective

The World Health Organisation (WHO) emphasised to initiate effective preparedness and response for the patients with Coronavirus infection.
4 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Dietary supplements may help fight novel coronavirus infection

The novel coronavirus has caused infection to over millions of individuals and more than thousands of deaths in hundreds of countries across the world.
4 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Accelerating research on the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries

The unchartered coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis calls for universality and adherence to public health principles which include messaging, testing, isolation, treatment and access to a robust health system.
4 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Local pharmaceuticals producing anti-flu drug that holds hope of Covid-19 cure

Local pharmaceuticals have produced a drug called Favipiravir -- an anti-flu and viral infection medication -- said to be effective in the treatment of coronavirus patients in China.
4 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Youth with fever and breathing problem dies in Narail

A 26-year-old, suffering from fever and breathing problem, has died 15 minutes after being admitted at Narail General Hospital.
1 April 2020, 07:48 AM

Solidarity is the most powerful weapon against coronavirus: Chinese ambassador

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has written an open letter to the people of Bangladesh, saying that China and its people will stay with the country in this war against the common enemy of coronavirus.
31 March 2020, 08:58 AM

Take immediate steps to prevent dengue: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to take immediate steps to check mosquitoes, in order to prevent dengue across the country.
31 March 2020, 07:45 AM

Weekly report on COVID-19 launched by NSU

The researchers from the Department of Public Health of North South University (NSU) have launched a weekly report that monitors
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Factors affecting suicide risk in people with alcohol use disorder

Although heightened risk for suicide has long been associated with alcohol use disorder (AUD), questions remain about the potentially confounding influences of psychiatric comorbidities and familial factors.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Infant sleep problems linked to later emotional disorders in children

Sleep problems, common in infancy, have been associated with emotional and behavioural issues in early childhood.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

COVID-19: Panic buying is happening due to online peer pressure

Public health emergencies have been demonstrated to have an impact on the behavioural health of the affected population.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Biodegradable stents for ERCP: dream or reality?

Biodegradable stents have been a longstanding dream for endoscopy in general, and for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in particular.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Novel coronavirus disease: prevention is better than cure

Barely one-fifth of the ongoing century has passed, but the scenario is already projecting a gloomy forecast of the future.
28 March 2020, 18:00 PM

No shortage in medicine supply, yet prices still high

Asad Haider, a resident in the port city’s Rahattar Pool area, has been suffering from peptic ulcer for a long time. He was prescribed medicines for three months. One of the medicines he has to take is Sergel (Esomeprazole 20mg).
27 March 2020, 10:28 AM

Similarities and differences: COVID-19 and influenza

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, comparisons have been drawn to influenza. Both cause respiratory disease, yet there are important differences between the two viruses and how they spread. This has important implications for the public health measures that can be implemented to respond to each virus.
21 March 2020, 18:00 PM

How long does coronavirus survive in the air and on surfaces?

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), can remain viable in aerosols for hours and on surfaces for days, according to a correspondence in the New England Journal of Medicine.
21 March 2020, 18:00 PM

What does endemic, pandemic and epidemic mean?

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been spreading drastically from one country to another since December 2019. It has become one of the most rapidly spreading viruses in the world. The most uttered words nowadays are ‘endemic’, ‘pandemic’ and ‘epidemic’. All three terms are epidemiological terms that are commonly used in the study of disease on human beings.
21 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Understanding endometriosis

Endometriosis is one of the most serious and potentially progressive chronic diseases related to the uterine lining that women can face in their lifetime. It causes incapacitating pain, marital disharmony and infertility. Endometriosis affects an estimated 1 in 10 women and about 200 million women worldwide.
21 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Recent developments in the detection process and drug discovery

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), generally known as 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), may have been evolved from bats. A recent article published in the Nature Medicine journal used genomic data of novel coronavirus and predicted that the origin of coronavirus is natural and not laboratory-made.
21 March 2020, 18:00 PM