Planning Commission member Dr Shamsul Alam yesterday said Bangladesh's health service is in a mess.

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.

The shorter you are, the greater your risk of heart problems, a team at the University of Leicester says.

Plucking hairs in a precise pattern can make even more pop up in their place, a US study suggests.

Public health experts from home and abroad yesterday called for stronger efforts in achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in

The activities of Bangladesh chapter of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), created in Australia as a non-profit mental health service provider,

The first human trial of a new type of HIV therapy suggests it could be a promising weapon in the fight against the virus.

Though Bangladesh has made significant progress in the health sector, healthy life and healthcare still remains a major question, said

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.

New data on the harm caused by foodborne illnesses underscore the global threats posed by unsafe foods...

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.

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.

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.

Fish oil supplements might make cancer chemotherapy less effective — but many people with cancer were taking those supplements in a recent survey, reports Reuters.

A free app to improve children's sleep has been launched by doctors at the Evelina Children's Hospital in London.

An early-stage clinical trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine found that the vaccine, called VSV-ZEBOV, was safe and elicited robust antibody responses

Health experts yesterday urged the government to strengthen preventive measures to reduce patients of cancer, one of the leading

Skipping their due role in curbing food adulteration and contamination, sanitary inspectors are “busy doing other things” but enjoying

Health Minister Mohammed Nasim heavily criticises Bangladesh’s sanitary inspectors saying they are not playing due role in curbing food adulteration and contamination while addressing the 8th One Health Bangladesh Conference in Dhaka.

Swimming? Running or walking for 30 minutes every-day? Or going to Gym to work on a treadmill or cross trainer? Certainly, these are