Chittagong – A mobile court of Chittagong district administration on Saturday seized huge quantities of government supplied medicines, contraband Indian medicines and physicians’ samples from 10 pharmacies from city’s Bakalia area and fined five pharmacies Tk. 82 thousand.
Air pollution in cities is emerging as the major reason behind the rise in eye allergies and conjunctivitis in people of all ages, doctors say.They say that the problem was serious, because if conjunctivitis and allergies are not treated in…
You must have heard and read that sleep helps strengthen and consolidate memories. Now, researchers show how it works. Sleep after learning encourages the growth of dendritic spines – the tiny protrusions from brain cells that connect to other brain…
US Department of Defence to make “condolence payments” to families of victims of US air strike on Afghan hospital. The Pentagon is to make “condolence payments” to families of victims of a US air strike that mistakenly hit a Doctors…
Dhaka- An accused in a murder case fled Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) from police custody on Saturday morning. Sources at the DMCH said Tajud Khan, 30, an accused in a murder case of Atpara police station in Netrokona district,…
Bangladesh One-Day International (ODI) skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza was on Friday hospitalised after being diagnosed with dengue fever. Dhaka: Bangladesh One-Day International (ODI) skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza was on Friday hospitalised after being diagnosed with dengue fever.
Just 30 minutes of non-strenuous exercise such as walking or doing yoga can result in significant reduction of asthma symptoms, says a new study.The researchers analysed the exercise habits of 643 participants who had been diagnosed with asthma.Those who engaged…
This is unthinkable in Bangladesh that a doctor with an MBBS degree will also prescribe alternative medicines. But this is not rare in the world.An Indian doctor Sebastian Mathew migrated to Austria 30 years ago after passing medical college, and…
Organisations representing foreign hospitals must adhere to certain “ethical values”, Prof Kamrul Hassan Khan has said since many Bangladeshi patients are being misled to seek treatment outside the country.The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) was speaking in…
A therapeutic program of weight-bearing exercise reduces pain and improves joint function, at least for two to six months, for people with osteoarthritis, according to a review of previous trials.“We had a systematic review for Cochrane from 2008 and 2009,…
Dhaka – Participants at a sanitation conference on Saturday revealed that only one percent people in Bangladesh defecate in the open. “The rate of open defecation in Bangladesh is now only one percent which was about 34 percent even in…
By Sydney Lupkin This story is part of a partnership between MedPage Today and VICE News. Worldwide outrage has followed the recent dizzying increase in the price of Daraprim, a drug that treats potentially fatal parasitic infections, by its new…
The Doctors Association of Bangladesh (BMA), a platform of pro-BNP physicians, yesterday termed the newly announced 8th national pay scale as unacceptable. “The interests of physicians and people working in the health sector have been undermined because of the disparity…
A warning for people who use insulin pens: Not shaking your NPH insulin pen before injecting can result in wide variations in your insulin level and blood sugar control, researchers from Italy report. NPH insulin comes as an insoluble mixture…
A mobile court here on Saturday fined six pharmacies Tk 1.05 lakh for selling cow-fattening tablets, Viagra and food supplements in the city.
Dhaka – A mobile court seized unregistered 51 types of medicines worth around Tk 10 lakh from the pharmacy of Apollo hospital and fined the hospital Tk 16 lakh on the charge of selling the unapproved medicines on Tuesday.
Scientists say they have developed a way of testing how well, or badly, your body is ageing. They say it could help predict when a person will die, identify those at high-risk of dementia and could affect medicine, pensions and…
Nobel laureate Professor Yunus inaugurated Centenary Celebrations at University of Mysore by delivering Centennial Lecture at University. It was celebrated as the beginning university’s year-long Centenary Celebrations. This year the university, with over 1,00,000 students, is completing its 100 years.…
With the intention to encourage students to donate blood, a free Blood Grouping Campaign was held at Begum Khaleda Zia Hall of Rajshahi University (RU) on Thursday. Swajan, a voluntary blood donating organisation of the hall unit, arranged the campaign…
Grameen Eye Hospital Thakurgaon launched activities in its own 22 thousand square-feet two-storied hospital building on 28 August 2015. The hospital started with10 beds. The building has provision to expand eventually to a six-story building with 100 beds. Grameen Eye…
Health officials in Britain have for the first time endorsed e-cigarettes, saying they are 95 percent safer than tobacco equivalents and even suggesting doctors should be able to prescribe the “game-changing” devices to smokers trying to quit.E-cigarettes, which allow users…
New Delhi: The World Health Organization has called for more research on ways to battle malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite, in the wake of a surge of infections in Western India. According to the WHO, the parasite is…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a libido-enhancing drug for women that has been dubbed “Female Viagra”. Flibanserin, a drug produced by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, recently passed an FDA advisory committee meeting. The pill is designed to assist…
A Dhaka court on Monday awarded ten years’ imprisonment to every six top officials of BCI (Bangladesh) Limited for manufacturing spurious drug that took lives of at least 76 children in 1990s. Judge M Atowar Rahman of Dhaka Judge Court…
Dhaka – The 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP12) will take place in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 20 to 23 November 2015 under the theme: Be the Change for an AIDS Free Generation, Our right to…
Convocation is marked as a great event in the university academic calendar. It’s a special occasion to bring together the Graduates and the Academics. For the graduating students it’s a time to celebrate their accomplishment in front of their friends…
By Sydney Lupkin This story is part of a partnership between MedPage Today and VICE News. Jake Mason will never forget the response he received when he asked for a Truvada prescription to prevent HIV at a clinic in Los…
New cancer drug cocktails set to reach the market in the next few years will test the limits of premium pricing for life-saving medicines, forcing company executives to consider fresh market strategies.The growing reluctance of governments and private insurers to…
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as he is suffering from various diseases. “He (Gayeshwar) has been suffering from various health problems, including heart and liver complications, diabetes, and…
The newborn, who was shot inside the womb of its mother allegedly by Jubo League men in Magura, was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. The baby boy was taken to…