Taking bold climate action now could help save a million lives and a lot of money by the middle of the century, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday, launching a special report as part of the ongoing COP24…
Category: Health
New test tracking cancer nano-signatures points to easier diagnoses
Australian researchers on Wednesday said they have developed a quick and easy test to detect cancer from blood or biopsy tissue.
1st baby born using transplanted uterus of deceased donor
Brazilian doctors are reporting the world’s first baby born to a woman with a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor.
Int’l Day of Persons with Disabilities observed at RU
Rajshahi. Dec 3 – To extend support and provide adequate facilities to people with disabilities, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and National Disabled Day 2018 was observed with the slogans “empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and…
Stop supply of unauthorised bottled water: HC
The High Court today ordered the authorities concerned to immediately check the quality of water sold and supplied through plastic bottles, jars and other manners across the country.
Canada to reassess Cuba presence over diplomat brain injuries
Canada said on Saturday it will send a delegation to Cuba next week to reevaluate its presence there after another diplomat was diagnosed with a mysterious brain injury.
Admit Mainul to BSMMU for medical treatment: HC
The High Court on Thursday asked the jail authorities to admit the former caretaker government adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical treatment.
Gene-editing work a failure of self-regulation: US biologist
A leader of an international conference on gene editing said Wednesday that the work of a Chinese scientist who claims to have helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies showed a failure of self-regulation among scientists.
E. coli lettuce outbreak traced to California
An outbreak of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce appears to have been traced to crops in California, the US food authority said Monday.
JP chief and PM’s special envoy Ershad admitted to CMH
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad was hospitalised here on Tuesday morning as he fell sick.
Scaling up rice fortification with vitamins stressed
Experts at an workshop today called for rice fortification with essential vitamins and minerals as it would provide health benefits to people.
Separated Bhutanese twins leave Australia hospital
“Cheeky” Bhutanese conjoined twins who were successfully separated after a marathon operation in Australia left hospital today.
No doctors, nurses or painkillers: surviving pregnancy in Venezuela
Yoli Cabeza was sent from one hospital to another before finally giving birth to her daughter Yusmari in the corridor of a maternity ward because her contractions came quicker than medical help.
Clash in wedding party leaves 10 injured in Manikganj
Manikganj, Nov 24 – At least 10 people were injured in a clash over a trifling matter at a wedding party in Dehgram area of Sadar Upazila on Saturday.
Probiotics no help to kids with stomach flu: studies
Probiotics are a multibillion dollar international industry, but new research Wednesday showed they don’t help children recover from stomach flu any better than a placebo.
3 hard truths about the global sanitation crisis
by Seema Thomas Today when you go to the toilet, be it in someone’s basic latrine in a rural village you might be visiting, in a public toilet where you work, or on a comfortable water-flushed ‘loo’ at home, take…
Stopping menstrual management history from repeating itself
When Deputy Principal Rose was a student, there was a week every month that she dreaded: the period every twenty-eight days or so when she had her period. A keen student with an innate love of learning, she loathed this…
Higher risk links between kidney disease, type 2 diabetes
More than one-third of Australians with type two diabetes will develop chronic kidney disease (CKD), raising their risk of cardiovascular mortality to “exceptionally high,” scientists said on Monday.
Shifting Khaleda from Hospita to jail: Order on writ Monday
The High Court on Sunday fixed Monday to deliver an order on a writ filed challenging the government’s decision to send BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia back to jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) and seeking her readmission.
Lives at risk as drug prices soar in crisis-hit Zimbabwe
Since starting treatment five years ago, 50-year-old Alice Chenyika kept her blood pressure under control by adhering to doctors’ strict instructions to take two daily doses of nifedipine.
Writ, why not send Khaleda back to hospital: Order Sunday
Dhaka, Nov 15 – The High Court deferred till November 18 to pass its order on the writ plea filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of the decision of the government to send her back to jail…
World Diabetes Day: The Food System and Human Health
From Danielle Nierenberg I’m writing to you from California, where we’ll be hosting Food Tank’s Inaugural San Diego Summit, “Growing the Food Movement,” on Wednesday, November 14th!
Shift Khaleda to BSMMU again, Fakhrul urges govt
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday demanded that their party chairperson Khaleda Zia be sent to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) again as she is still very sick.
Smoking, diabetes raise heart attack risk more in women than men
Smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure raise the risk of a heart attack more in women than in men, according to a latest research. “Overall, more men experience heart attacks than women.
HC asks why Mainul not given better treatment in Dhaka
The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the concerned authorities why former caretaker government adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein should not be transferred to Dhaka for better treatment.
Five reasons to quit sugar now
Why it’s so important to cut back on your sugar intake—and take back control of your health.
Dr Kamal skips Oikyafront’s Rajshahi rally for illness
Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain was reported to be ill and could not go to Rajshahi to join Jatiya Oikyafront’s scheduled public rally there to be held this (Friday) afternoon due to his illness.
Niko deal AL govt’s – Khaleda; charge-framing Nov 14
Dhaka, Nov 8 – A Dhaka Court yesterday fixed November 14 for framing charge against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and some others in Niko graft case.
HC orders to form 5-member body to examine WASA water
The High Court on Tuesday directed the concern authorities to form a five-member committee to test water supplied by Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (DWASA) through pipeline.
Cholera threatens a comeback worldwide
Cholera outbreaks across history regularly killed a hundred thousand or more. It isn’t well known today because it was essentially eliminated in the Western world.