A very recent scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) said that adolescents with major depression and bipolar mood disorder have increased risk of getting early heart disease and therefore must need early intervention to prevent it.

The world is poised to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 – provided it can accelerate the pace of progress achieved globally over the past 15 years, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report, says a press release. Already, much has been achieved. This year, the Millennium Development Goal that called for halting and reversing the spread of HIV on a global basis was met.

On this day in 1971, valiant freedom fighters hoisted the flag of independent Bangladesh in Panchagarh town by

Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity will hold a rally on Dec 2 from where it will announce its next court of action to realise its demand for implementing Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord.

As part of the ongoing process to relocate former enclave dwellers, 105 people of two erstwhile enclaves -- Doikhata in Sadar upazila

While Bangladesh has a good healthcare infrastructure, the major concern now is quality, experts said yesterday, calling for improvements through upgrading medical education and standardisation of treatment.

Wasfia Nazreen has become the first Bangladeshi to have scaled the mountain peaks of all the seven continents, also known as the 7 summits.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) early yesterday arrested Mozaffar Hossain, president of Rangpur city unit BNP, from Mahendranagar area in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila.

The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts say.

The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts say.

Population is an unbearable burden for Bangladesh and it happens to be the most densely populated country in the world. The area of Bangladesh is too small to support its vast population. As a result over-population creates a lot of critical problems. All the problems eventually lead to a general problem named poverty. Hence, it could be safely said that the poverty of our country is largely an aftermath of its population problem.

A medical dressing that changes colour when it detects infection could cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics, say scientists at Bath University.

Ms. Lutfe Ara, Head of the Clinical Governance Unit of icddr,b has received the prestigious “Best International Abstract Award” from “Association for Professional in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)” — a Washington based international organisation for public health professional to prevent the infection control.

Injuries to children caused by batteries have been documented in the medical literature for decades. An infant was playing with his toys at home and he swallowed a coin-shaped battery from his toy while playing. The parents noticed it and rushed the child to a local hospital immediately.

Social media such as Facebook (FB) and other sites defines a deal of Internet sites that allow responsible people from all over the globe to interact. And this can be through discussion, photos, video and audio. But today, fascinatingly researchers found that people who are more anxious and socially insecure are more likely to use these sites.

November 17 is World Prematurity Day. Each year this day is devoted to raising awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of premature babies and their families. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm around the world each year.

War criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury did not seek presidential clemency, claims his son Hummam Quader.

It is never easy to give up something with which you’re habituated, therefore quitting cigarettes, after years of ‘togetherness’ must be extremely difficult. The good news is: nothing is impossible in this world just like quitting cigarettes. To give up smoking, you need determination, they say.

Infection with a species of parasitic worm increases the fertility of women, say scientists.

The world is on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic era", scientists have warned after finding bacteria resistant to drugs used when all other treatments have failed.