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Measles by the numbers: 317 children lost to a preventable disease
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Fund crunch squeezes free medicines for poor
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Two more children die from measles
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Lifestyle
World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era'
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.
19 November 2015, 05:28 AM
Youth held with 7000 Yaba
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 7000 pieces of Yaba tablet from the district town on
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Fireman has extensive face transplant
US surgeons say they have carried out the world's most extensive face transplant to date, including the entire scalp, ears and eyelids.
17 November 2015, 08:43 AM
Phones need 'bed mode' to protect sleep
Smartphones, tablets and e-readers should have an automatic "bedtime mode" that stops them disrupting people's sleep, says a leading doctor.
15 November 2015, 04:28 AM
Dieters don't have to banish junk food & soda
A recent study from Cornell University suggests that overweight Americans do not indulge in junk food more often; researchers suspect that eating too much food in general could be more to blame for obesity.
14 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Managing an asthma attack in winter
With the onset of winter, patients with asthma often experience some sudden attack. During an asthma attack, also called an asthma exacerbation, the airways become swollen and inflamed. The muscles around the airways contract, causing your breathing (bronchial) tubes to narrow.
14 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Facebook: Does it affect our health? - 1
Nowadays social media has taken the human race by storm. Throughout the world Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc. are now used by 1 in 4 people. Such activity may seem harmless but scientists advocate this can affect our health (especially mental) and happiness.
14 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Healthy eating and physical activity to reduce diabetic complication
Diabetes is a metabolic disease that occurs due to absolute insulin deficiency (type-1 diabetes) or inadequate insulin secretion or action (type-2 diabetes). Insulin is needed for entry of glucose into the cells after food metabolism which is hampered in diabetes, resulting in increase blood glucose level.
14 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Hope in the remote Bangladesh
Cox's Bazar Women and Children's Hospital — a project of Hope Foundation serves the people living in remotest area of Bangladesh. In some specialised services like fistula operation, they provide tertiary care at free of cost which is even rare in some district level hospitals.
14 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Change in sense of humour 'a sign of impending dementia'
An increasingly warped sense of humour could be an early warning sign of impending dementia, say UK experts.
10 November 2015, 06:57 AM
Human brain’s ultimate barrier to open for first time
This is believed to be neuroscience’s final frontier. Tiny bubbles will open the blood-brain barrier to sneak drugs into tumours – and we might treat Alzheimer's the same way, reports New Scientist.
10 November 2015, 05:14 AM
Apollo Hospitals - The Daily Star to launch health campaign
The Daily Star and Apollo Hospitals yesterday signed an agreement for a campaign styled “Healthy Living” meant to create health awareness among the public.
8 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Cardiovascular summit held in Dhaka
Medtronic in partnership with D16 Pharma and Biotec organised a cardiovascular summit in Dhaka on November 6, 2015 to address the barriers to the treatment of cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh.
7 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Pink road show for breast cancer awareness
Pink road show for breast cancer awareness
7 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Ananta Jalil named as goodwill ambassador of ICAAP12
Popular Bangladeshi film actor Ananta Jalil was introduced as a goodwill ambassador of the 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia
7 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Acupuncture & Alexander technique help alleviate chronic neck pain
Both acupuncture and the Alexander technique can improve chronic neck pain, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
7 November 2015, 18:00 PM
First ever endoscopic laser assisted surgery performed in United Hospital
There are many birth defect which needs to be corrected immediately following delivery of baby. Such a condition is bilateral choanal atresia.
7 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Hope. Action. Change.
A new era started with hope and vision for millions of psoriasis patients on October 29, 2004. The International Federation of Psoriasis Associations (IFPA) declared the psoriasis day on that day.
7 November 2015, 18:00 PM
WHO to declare end of Ebola in Sierra Leone
The World Health Organization is set to announce that Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone has beaten an epidemic that killed almost 4,000 of its people and plunged the economy into recession.
7 November 2015, 05:00 AM
3 jailed for lifting sand from river
A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced three people to seven days' imprisonment for lifting sand illegally from the Dhopajan River in
5 November 2015, 18:00 PM