Global health milestone: single-dose pill for sleeping sickness gains EU support
15 March 2026, 00:16 AM
Healthcare
Empty clinics, ailing villages: Bangladesh’s quiet rural health crisis
15 March 2026, 00:14 AM
Healthcare
Global partners launch $54m effort to boost maternal nutrition in Africa
15 March 2026, 00:12 AM
Healthcare
Bangladesh’s CHRF wins prestigious Wellcome grant to study severe viral pneumonia in children
15 March 2026, 00:11 AM
Healthcare
The growing challenge of rare tumours — and the centres built to treat them
15 March 2026, 00:19 AM
Healthcare
Study links e-cigarettes to higher blood pressure risk
15 March 2026, 00:08 AM
Healthcare
Women Deliver / Gender equality goals at risk without community-led solutions – WD2026
4 March 2026, 08:03 AM
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IWD 2026 / Women Deliver calls for community-centred global reform
24 February 2026, 10:30 AM
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Women Deliver / Rewriting global development through a feminist lens
17 February 2026, 22:15 PM
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From Kigali to Narrm: How Women Deliver is advancing global feminist accountability
9 February 2026, 12:50 PM
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Lazarus syndrome: An image crisis for doctors
Lasarus syndrome, or autoresuscitation, is the resumption of blood circulation after the heart has stopped beating and has failed to resuscitate despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Simply put, it is the rebirth of life after death.
29 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Yellow fever vaccine: Time for an upgrade?
Many of today’s Yellow Fever Vaccines (YFV) are live-attenuated strains of YF-17D (a virulent African strain). YFV strains with genetic mutations that differentiate them from YF-17D have resurfaced in South America in recent years. A hypothesis is explored that the recent YFV epidemic in Brazil is based at least in part on attenuation of vaccine-conferred immunity against emerging YFV strains.
29 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Overcoming the stitches of the obstetric fistula
Hamida Begum had a history of prolonged labour of seven days when delivering her first baby – it injured her birth canal massively.
29 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Why don’t people with COVID-19 symptoms get tested?
Researchers of Boston Children’s Hospital and colleagues from King’s College London identified mild symptoms, lack of awareness about local test centres, and certain demographic factors as barriers to COVID-19 testing.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Sodium, potassium, and cardiovascular disease
Several studies suggest that we should promote low-sodium, high-potassium diets — especially in patients with hypertension. Sodium restriction and generous potassium intake are associated with lower blood pressure (BP), but the ultimate effect on cardiovascular (CV)-related morbidity is unclear.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
An estimated 1.2 million people died in 2019 from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections
Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections caused over 1.2 million lives in 2019, according to the most thorough global assessment of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Evercare Hospital Chattogram launches Centre for Diabetic care & Endocrine diseases
Evercare Hospital Chattogram recently launched a new Centre of Excellence for Diabetic Care & Endocrine Diseases to provide improved specialised care for diabetes and endocrine-related diseases, says a press release. The centre comprises six separate clinics: Diabetes Wellness, Obesity, Lipid, Pregnancy Diabetes & Hormone, Thyroid, and Growth & Puberty.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Melasma: When skin pigmentation attacks your beauty
You may be tired of hiding your dark spot under heavy duty foundation and concealer. 90% of people with this skin condition are women, 10% are men.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
What can ginger really do for you?
Ginger has many health benefits if taken regularly once. The following are the advantage of having ginger regularly:
15 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Global dementia cases set to triple by 2050
The first comprehensive analysis published in The Lancet forecasts dementia prevalence in 195 countries and territories and examines the impact of expected trends in exposure to four important risk factors—smoking, obesity, high blood sugar, and low education.
15 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Optimise your inhaler technique this winter
Winter can be particularly difficult for asthma patients. Cold air might cause your airways to narrow causing shortness of breath and chest tightness. Refresh your memory on how to use your asthma inhalers properly to get rapid and substantial relief, by the following steps:
15 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Don’t forget leprosy
The Coronavirus pandemic’s social and economic disruptions have been especially hard on leprosy patients and their families, many of whom were already vulnerable.
15 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Oxygen therapy saves life
Oxygen is a drug, and it is being used regularly to treat patients everywhere. In general, any patient comes with Acute Asthma, Respiratory distress,
15 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Management of Diabetes during Ramadan
Diabetes is one of the four major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) contributing to global morbidity and mortality. There are over 150 million Muslims with diabetes worldwide. So, Ramadan has a major impact on Diabetes management in the Muslim population.
8 January 2022, 18:00 PM
1.8 million excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019
In a The Lancet Planetary Health journal study, researchers looked at PM2.5 (fine particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 micrometres or less) - the leading environmental risk factor for disease. Inhalation increases the risk of premature death from conditions such as cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, lung cancer, and lower respiratory infection.
8 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Workplace violence against healthcare workers in Bangladesh
According to a recent study published in the International Journal of Public Health, workplace violence among healthcare workers in Bangladesh was very high (43.3%).
8 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Conformal radiotherapy & medical physics
Cancer, a leading cause of death globally. Radiotherapy is essential in managing the cancer patient alongside chemotherapy or surgery for cure or palliation. About 60% of patients receive radiotherapy as definitive, adjuvant or palliative to surgery or chemotherapy each year. Radiotherapy aims to deliver a precise dose of radiation to the defined tumour volume without causing damage to the surrounding normal tissues.
8 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Signs you had Covid-19 without knowing it
Winter colds are prevalent. If you experienced a cold in late 2019 or early 2020, it could have been COVID-19. A COVID can last two weeks or longer, although a cold only lasts a few days. Unlike a cold, COVID may have caused a fever and difficulty breathing.
8 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Universal healthcare in Bangladesh could be a reality
Acknowledging the critical role of health, the UN General Assembly unanimously endorsed a resolution in 2012, urging countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) – the idea that everyone, everywhere should have access to quality, affordable healthcare.
1 January 2022, 18:00 PM
A year of kindness and forgiving others
These days from a common soldier to a General, all are aware of their personal health benefits from exercise to selecting foods.
1 January 2022, 18:00 PM