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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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Six more die from measles, measles-like symptoms in 24 hours
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Health
Beauty & the beast-1
There are two types of people. One group (short tempered) gets angry so easily. The other group becomes angry due to genuine
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
5 hurt, houses torched in Joypurhat village
At least five people were injured when Jamaat-Shibir men launched an attack at Paterpukur village in Joypurhat Sadar upazila yesterday, allegedly in reaction to the villagers' assisting police to capture a local Jamaat leader on Friday.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Health service a mess
Planning Commission member Dr Shamsul Alam yesterday said Bangladesh's health service is in a mess.
11 April 2015, 18:00 PM
A keyboard to detect the first signs of Parkinson’s
The way in which a person presses on a keyboard's keys says a lot about their physical capabilities and state of fatigue. Based on this observation, a team of American and Spanish scientists have developed an algorithm that monitors keyboard touches.
11 April 2015, 06:11 AM
Short people at greater risk for heart disease: study
The shorter you are, the greater your risk of heart problems, a team at the University of Leicester says.
10 April 2015, 07:38 AM
Plucking hairs 'can make more grow'
Plucking hairs in a precise pattern can make even more pop up in their place, a US study suggests.
10 April 2015, 07:03 AM
Stronger efforts must for universal health coverage
Public health experts from home and abroad yesterday called for stronger efforts in achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Mental Health First Aid, Bangladesh launched
The activities of Bangladesh chapter of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), created in Australia as a non-profit mental health service provider,
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM
New approach against HIV ‘promising’
The first human trial of a new type of HIV therapy suggests it could be a promising weapon in the fight against the virus.
9 April 2015, 06:13 AM
Healthy life elusive despite progress
Though Bangladesh has made significant progress in the health sector, healthy life and healthcare still remains a major question, said
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Scientist equip rats with supernatural sensory system
Yuji Ikegaya and Hiroaki Norimoto from the University of Tokyo have performed an experiment in order to provide a series of rats with geomagnetic prosthetics.
5 April 2015, 05:28 AM
From farm to plate, make food safe
New data on the harm caused by foodborne illnesses underscore the global threats posed by unsafe foods...
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Occupational therapy to manage Autism
Most of the people are not aware about autism. Autistic children are increasing day by day. Parents are very anxious about their children and also proper treatment.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Improving newborn survival
The implementation of Comprehensive Newborn Care Package (CNCP) in Kushtia district has been recently launched in Dhaka by the Directorates of Health Services (DGHS) and Directorates of Family Planning (DGFP) with technical support from Saving Newborn Lives Programme of Save the Children in Bangladesh.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM
The best exercise-2
A lot of us feel that we have little time to go outside for walking or to the gym. But most of our multi-tasking household works can burn a lot of fat.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Is fish oil safe during chemotherapy?
Fish oil supplements might make cancer chemotherapy less effective — but many people with cancer were taking those supplements in a recent survey, reports Reuters.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Children’s hospital builds sleep app
A free app to improve children's sleep has been launched by doctors at the Evelina Children's Hospital in London.
2 April 2015, 12:37 PM
Experimental Ebola vaccine safe, prompts immune response
An early-stage clinical trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine found that the vaccine, called VSV-ZEBOV, was safe and elicited robust antibody responses
2 April 2015, 07:33 AM
Take preventive measures against cancer: Doctors
Health experts yesterday urged the government to strengthen preventive measures to reduce patients of cancer, one of the leading
31 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Nasim blames negligence of sanitary inspectors
Skipping their due role in curbing food adulteration and contamination, sanitary inspectors are “busy doing other things” but enjoying
29 March 2015, 18:00 PM