Although heightened risk for suicide has long been associated with alcohol use disorder (AUD), questions remain about the potentially confounding influences of psychiatric comorbidities and familial factors.

Sleep problems, common in infancy, have been associated with emotional and behavioural issues in early childhood.

Asad Haider, a resident in the port city’s Rahattar Pool area, has been suffering from peptic ulcer for a long time. He was prescribed medicines for three months. One of the medicines he has to take is Sergel (Esomeprazole 20mg).

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, comparisons have been drawn to influenza. Both cause respiratory disease, yet there are important differences between the two viruses and how they spread. This has important implications for the public health measures that can be implemented to respond to each virus.

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), can remain viable in aerosols for hours and on surfaces for days, according to a correspondence in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been spreading drastically from one country to another since December 2019. It has become one of the most rapidly spreading viruses in the world. The most uttered words nowadays are ‘endemic’, ‘pandemic’ and ‘epidemic’. All three terms are epidemiological terms that are commonly used in the study of disease on human beings.

Endometriosis is one of the most serious and potentially progressive chronic diseases related to the uterine lining that women can face in their lifetime. It causes incapacitating pain, marital disharmony and infertility. Endometriosis affects an estimated 1 in 10 women and about 200 million women worldwide.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), generally known as 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), may have been evolved from bats. A recent article published in the Nature Medicine journal used genomic data of novel coronavirus and predicted that the origin of coronavirus is natural and not laboratory-made.

At a time when hand sanitisers are being hoarded in the panic over the coronavirus outbreak, the most effective tool to combat the virus -- the soap -- should not be overlooked.

A roundtable discussion titled ‘Kidney Health for All: Obstacle and Prevention’ was organised on March 12, 2020, to mark the World Kidney Day by the Kidney Awareness Monitoring and Prevention Society (KAMPS) in the capital, says a press release.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (i.e., breathing 100% oxygen under high atmospheric pressure) has shown mixed results in studies of diabetic foot ulcers. Now, in a multicentre U.S. and European trial, investigators examined whether topical oxygen promotes healing of such ulcers.

A study of the second HIV patient to undergo successful stem cell transplantation from donors with a HIV-resistant gene, finds that there was no active viral infection in the patient’s blood 30 months after they stopped anti-retroviral therapy, according to a case report published in The Lancet HIV journal.

There are public health tools that could slow down the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, like washing hands with soap, not touching the face, staying away from patients etc.

Viruses are the bad news wrapped in protein coat. When a new strain of coronavirus has infected humans for the very first time in Wuhan, China in late 2019, it was not much of a surprise.

A judicial probe committee finds part negligence of Dhaka north and south city corporations over the outbreak of dengue in the capital last year.

Did you know that sudden infant death syndrome is most likely among infants of women who continued to use both tobacco and alcohol beyond the first trimester?

Brushing teeth three times a day or more is linked to an 8% lower risk of developing diabetes, while presence of dental disease is associated with a 9% increased risk and many missing teeth (15 or more) is linked to a 21% increased risk.

Which foods to eat and which to avoid is an important topic to patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A working group of the IOIBD has examined the best available evidence and provided expert consensus recommendations.

The balance between weight gain and weight loss is predominantly determined by what you eat, how much you eat, and by how much exercise you get.

Black rice is being called a superfood for being rich in nutrients.