Speakers at a meeting here have called upon the media workers for bringing the transgender population, including hijra people under the HIV/AIDS prevention programme.
Category: Health
Immune upgrade gives ‘HIV shielding’
By James Gallagher It raises the prospect of patients no longer needing to take daily medication to control their infection.
Law regulating practice of physicians would be updated
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Sunday said the existing law under the BMDC regulating practicing physicians would be updated to make the doctors more accountable. “The government is thinking of incorporating a new provision of investigation and…
Cricketer Shakib to raise HIV, AIDS awareness
Bangladesh’s number one cricketer Shakib Al Hasan on Tuesday renewed his commitment to making the young generation aware of the danger of HIV and AIDS. His commitment came at a press conference in presence of officials from International Cricket Council…
First ever bone marrow transplantation done in BD successfully
Transplantation of bone marrow has been completed for the first time in Bangladesh. A group of physicians led by Prof MA Khan, head of hematology and oncology department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Dr Bimalangshu Dey of Massachusetts General…
Lack of awareness aggravates TB spread in Chuadanga
The contagious malady kills 273, affect 7,096 in 8 yrs People are getting attacked with tuberculosis (TB) increasingly in the district as no awareness campaign is being carried out there to prevent the infectious disease.
Kidney diseases afflict 20 million BD people, kill five every hour
Experts at a workshop on Wednesday informed that about 20 million people of the country are suffering from some sort of kidney disease, about 5 patient die from renal failure every hour. They stressed the need for creating widespread awareness…
Great Ormond Street doctors aim to grow ears from fat
By James Gallagher Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London are aiming to reconstruct people’s faces with stem cells taken from their fat. The team has grown cartilage in the laboratory and believe it could be used to rebuild…
Shortage of anesthetists hits Bhola Sadar Hospital
Patients in agonies as surgeries suspended All kinds of surgical operation at Bhola Sadar Hospital have remained suspended over the last seven months for want of anesthetists, much to the sufferings for surgical patients.
Journalists’ role vital to reduce social stigma of HIV/AIDS
Mass-media, both print and electronics, has a vital role to play towards changing mindset towards the transgender and other socially excluded people to ensure their fundamental rights, discussants at a meeting said here today.
Doctors’ role vital for reaching healthcare services to people
The doctors’ role is vital for reaching healthcare services to the people particularly the rural poor and disadvantaged ones, DC of Gaibandha said.
Awareness for preventing HIV/AIDS underscored
There is no alternative to creating adequate awareness for preventing threat of spreading HIV/AIDS through disseminating proper education, knowledge and social values among the vulnerable group people.
Law on cards to regulate pvt medical colleges
The government is actively considering enacting a law to force the private medical colleges to fulfill their conditions in a bid to ensure quality medical education. Health Minister Mohammad Nasim, who after assuming office talking tough against errant doctors, made…
Nutrition workers can be catalysts
Bangladesh’s grim malnutrition situation can be overturned by dedicated nutrition workers, a project evaluation report suggests. With 41 percent under-five children too small in height for their age, and 36 percent underweight, according to BDHS, Bangladesh is one of the…
Country’s first bone marrow transplant by mid-March
Dhaka – For the first time, the country is going to achieve the rare feat of bone marrow transplantation by mid-March, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Sunday.
Four doctors suspended for skipping duty
Dhaka – Seven government doctors were suspended on Sunday for skipping duty, the Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. The doctors are medical officer of Shibpur upazila health complex of Narsingdi district M Razib Mahmud, Dr Ashfaq Nabi, assistant surgeon…
Integrating HIV treatment with reproductive health regime priority: Unaids
Integrating HIV treatment with the sexual reproductive health regime remains a priority for UNAIDS in Bangladesh. It said in a media release that this would be reflected in the application for new and ongoing funding through ‘The Global Fund’.
Doctors discover goldmine in woman’s knees
When doctors examined an X-ray image of the knees of a woman experiencing severe joint pain, they found a gold mine: hundreds of tiny gold acupuncture needles left in her tissue. The 65-year-old South Korean woman had previously been diagnosed…
Green tea ‘can impede nadolol blood pressure medicine’
Green tea can weaken the effects of a commonly prescribed blood pressure pill, experts warn.
Nutrition guidelines needed for restaurant chains
Food prepared away from home is typically higher in calories and lower in nutrition than food prepared at home, but it now makes up more than one-third of all calories purchased in the United States.
500 ethnic community people enjoying arsenic-free safe drinking water
More than 500 ethnic populations have started enjoying arsenic-free safe drinking water in Kalna village for the first time as two hand-driven tube-wells were commissioned there around one month ago which are capable to provide water round the year.
Army organises eye camp at Faridpur
Ninth infantry division of Bangladesh Army organized a two-day free eye camp in Faridpur yesterday conducting operations on 36 poor eye patients.
Vaccine effective against influenza A, B in children invented
Researchers have innovated an inactivated quadrivalent influenza vaccine (QIV) that is effective in preventing influenza A, B in children aged 3 to 8 years, according to a study. The vaccine proved to have about 59 percent efficacy for influenza of…
President for evaluating rural talents
President Abdul Hamid on Monday underscored the need for evaluating the rural talents for checking the growing evil culture in the country. “We’ve countless talents remain scattered across villages who are actually living in their own creative worlds without any…
Physically challenged people need social support for their rehabilitation: Speakers
Speakers at a discussion said the challenged people need social support for their proper rehabilitation and family integration.
TB is fully curable, says health experts
Health experts at a function here on Sunday said tuberculosis (TB) is not a deadly disease now, but fully curable if the patients take medicines properly for six months at a stretch as per suggestions of physicians.
National Immunization Programme (NID) was observed in the district
NID observed in Faridpur despite blockade. According to Civil Surgeon (CS) of the district, yesterday’s NID achieved the target of 97 per cent when two drops oral polio vaccine(OPV) was administered to 2,48,381 children out of set target of 2,56,432…
Over 22 lakh babies to be administered polio vaccine in Rangpur division today
A total of 22,81,396 babies will be administered two drops of oral polio vaccine in all the eight districts under Rangpur division in the first round of 2Ist NID programme tomorrow.
Global cancer cases reach 14 million: WHO
By James Gallagher The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the world each year has leaped to more than 14 million, the World Health Organization says.
No two people smell the same
A difference at the smallest level of DNA — one amino acid on one gene — can determine whether you find a given smell pleasant.