Cancer scans minimise risky operations

Using a scanner rather than a scalpel could spare hundreds of thousands of cancer patients from risky surgery, a study suggests. Head and neck tumours are treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but then need an operation to visually check whether the growth has gone.
26 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Improving health in cities worldwide

Hundreds of researchers, educators, community leaders, practitioners, and policy makers from all regions of the world will convene in
26 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Ending TB by 2030

World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling on countries and partners to 'Unite to End Tuberculosis' on the occasion of World TB Day, observed on 24 March, 2016.
26 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Brazil to launch anti-Zika app for Olympics

Brazil's health ministry says it will launch a smartphone application to track the Zika virus during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and help visitors detect the disease.
25 March 2016, 09:03 AM

6,000 TB deaths in 2015: Govt report

Tuberculosis is still a persisting cause of mortality in Bangladesh as a government report reveals today it caused 6,000 deaths in 2015 alone.
23 March 2016, 10:01 AM

S Korea confirms first Zika case

South Korean health authorities say a man who recently returned home from Brazil has been confirmed to be infected with the Zika virus.
22 March 2016, 06:49 AM

7-minute fitness routine to get you in shape

Life is busy! With working overtime and struggling to make ends meet, its difficult take some time out of our hectic schedule and head for the gym.
20 March 2016, 05:47 AM

Philips continues to create awareness on sleep disorders

More than 100 million people globally suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder characterized by repeated
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Finding good doctors

When undergoing any type of medical treatment or surgery, everybody wants to be in the best hands possible. And it is really important these days to do
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Ban Ki-moon received "Girls and Women Award”

On the occasion of the Commission on the Status of Women's annual meeting and during an Every Woman Every Child event at U.N. headquarters, Women
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Landmark achievement of Apollo Hospitals Dhaka

Dr. Abu Jafar Mohammed Saleh, consultant of adult haematology and haematopoietic stem cell transplant and his team conducted the first ever successful
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Hyperthyroidism in children

Hyperthyroidism refers to over activity of the thyroid gland, which leads to excessive release of thyroid hormones and consequently accelerated metabolism in the peripheral tissues. Thyrotoxicosis, however, refers to the clinical effects of unbound thyroid hormones, whether or not the thyroid gland is the primary source.
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Panama reports Zika baby brain case

Panama registers a baby born with a brain disorder believed linked to the Zika virus, in what is thought to be the first such case outside Brazil in the current outbreak.
19 March 2016, 11:09 AM

High blood pressure and hard labor may boost heart attack risk

Women with high blood pressure and physically demanding jobs are much more likely to have heart attacks than peers who are less active at work and have normal blood pressure, a recent study suggests.
13 March 2016, 09:09 AM

How better data is changing health systems

The Health Data Collaborative will strengthen countries' capacity to collect, analyze and use reliable health data, thereby reducing administrative burden.
12 March 2016, 18:05 PM

Vietnam twins found to have different fathers in rare case

A pair of Vietnamese fraternal twins have been confirmed to have different fathers, a local genetic association reported to the BBC.
12 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Treatment for the victims of sexual and gender-based violence

Hundreds more women and girls accessed medical treatment in 2015 after experiencing sexual and gender-based violence in Kamrangirchar, Dhaka. New
12 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Stop spitting please

Spitting, like smoking, is a common practice which is blamed for some dangerous diseases. People spit on the streets for many reasons, not just because they
12 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Male menopause: Myth or reality?

Aging-related hormone changes in men, sometimes called male menopause are different from those in women. Hormone changes are a natural part of aging. Unlike the more dramatic reproductive hormone plunge that occurs in women during menopause, sex hormone changes in men occur gradually. Here is what to expect and what you can do about it.
12 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Indonesian village becomes anti-smoking champion

In remote central Indonesia, Bone-Bone looks like any other rural hamlet in the archipelago, but it is an unlikely champion in the fight against smoking in one of the world's most tobacco-addicted countries, after it became the first village in Indonesia to impose a total ban on smoking.
11 March 2016, 07:05 AM