New research from north-west England published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) shows that during the first

A randomised, controlled phase 2 trial involving 464 patients failed to show an effect on progression from moderate to severe disease or mortality.

Periods are, for most of us, a tough business. Almost everyone has their own ways of dealing with this monthly predicament.

Adults with type 2 diabetes who drink green tea and coffee — especially in substantial amounts — may have reduced risk for all-cause death, according to a study in BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care.

The results of a new clinical trial, published on October 23, 2020 in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that dexamethasone — a glucocorticoid (a type of steroid) can improve survival of premature babies when given to pregnant women at risk of early preterm birth in low-resource settings.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in dramatic changes to human mobility, which has the potential to change the transmission dynamics of other infectious diseases.

A new study has revealed that eating a ketogenic (“keto”) diet protects against heart failure and may even be able to reverse the condition in some cases. The research involved comes from St. Louis University, which found that eating a high-fat and low-carb diet has a significant effect in cases of heart failure with decreased mitochondrial pyruvate carrier (MPC) expression.

The world has been left distraught by the premature demise of ‘King T’Challa’ on August 28, 2020. After a four-year battle with colorectal cancer,

October 29 is celebrated as World Stroke Day every year across the world. The day is marked in the calendar to raise awareness regarding stroke, physical complications caused by stroke, and its preventive measures.

While malnutrition remains a major hurdle, milk that contains powerful nutrient values are less consumed, produced in low volume and often wasted for dearth of a fitting processing and distribution system in the country, official data says.

Strong measures need to be taken immediately for reducing tobacco use in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as a tobacco-free Bangladesh by 2040 as declared by the prime minister, anti-tobacco organisation Progga said today.

Use of the stimulants modafinil and armodafinil during pregnancy is associated with increased risk for major congenital malformations in offspring, according to findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine.

Approximately 8.4 million Bangladeshi and an estimated 425 million adults worldwide have diabetes. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is the most common around the world and also in Bangladesh, accounting for an estimated 90-95% of T2D cases in Bangladesh alone.

SERAC Bangladesh organised a conference in Dhaka on family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) during and beyond COVID-19 issues titled

Each year, 27 October is celebrated nationally and internationally as the World Occupational Therapy Day. The theme of this year is, “Reimagine Doing”.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA has updated its guidelines on treating COVID-19. Here is a look at what is new:

In the wake of Covid-19 reemergence in several countries, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged all to follow health guidelines and use face-masks in public places and gatherings -- to prevent the possible second wave of the pandemic in Bangladesh.

A new micronutrient survey manual (2020) and toolkit, developed in collaboration by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Nutrition International were published recently to meet the demand of countries interested in assessing the micronutrient status of their populations.

A group of researchers warn that a so-called herd immunity approach to managing COVID-19 by allowing immunity to develop in low-risk populations while protecting the most vulnerable is “a dangerous fallacy unsupported by the scientific evidence”.

Obese adults who undergo bariatric surgery have longer life expectancy than those who do not have surgery — but their life expectancy still lags behind that of the general population — according to long-term follow-up from an observational study in the New England Journal of Medicine.