Eating fish such as salmon, trout and sardines can significantly reduce asthma symptoms in children, an international study led by researchers at Australia’s La Trobe University showed.
Category: Health
Older dads’ kids run higher health risks at birth
Newborns of fathers 45 and older are more likely to be underweight or wind up in intensive care, researchers reported Thursday, adding to the list of problems associated with older dads.
HC orders shutdown two clinics without licence upheld
Dhaka, 01 Nov 2018 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld the High Court order that directed the authorities concerned to shut down Nawab Siraj Ud-Daulah Manoshik and Madokashakto Hospital and Shefa Hospital and Diagnostic Centre as…
More deaths seen for less invasive cervical cancer surgery
New evidence about a cancer operation in women finds a higher death rate for the less invasive version, challenging standard practice and the “less is more” approach to treating cervical cancer.
Fruits that help your hair
The food you eat can benefit your hair, skin and overall health in ways you’d never imagine. Fall foods that help your hair With summer coming to a fast end, the fun of fall is on the horizon. Think cider…
Drink more water prevent recurrent urinary tract infections
Increasing water intake helps prevent recurrent urinary tract infections in younger women with low fluid consumption, a JAMA Internal Medicine study finds.
Ideal timing between pregnancies is at least one year
Women who want to bear children in their 30s and 40s often face a dilemma regarding how much time to wait between pregnancies. Doctors often advise they wait 18 to 24 months. But pregnancy risks mount with age.
Harry and Meghan meet mental-health workers in NZ
Prince Harry and wife Meghan spoke with people working in the mental-health field and encountered a flightless native bird as they continued their tour of New Zealand on Monday.
অবিলম্বে গণস্বাস্থ্য কেন্দ্রে হামলাকারীদের বিচার-শাস্তি দাবী
দেশের ৪৩ জন শীর্ষস্থানীয় বুদ্ধিজীবি গতকাল রোব্বার, ২৮ অক্টোবর ২০১৮ অবিলম্বে গণস্বাস্থ্য কেন্দ্রে হামলাকারীদের বিচার, গ্রেফতার ও শাস্তি দাবী করেছেন। বিবৃতিতে তাঁরা বলেন, আমরা গভীর উদ্বেগের সাথে লক্ষ করছি যে মুক্তিযোদ্ধা, গণস্বাস্থ্য কেন্দ্রের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা ও বুদ্ধিজীবি ডা. জাফরউল্লাহ্ চৌধুরীকে হয়রানি…
A hospital where a doctor is more a friend
-Prof. M Zahidul Haque A medical doctor’s cordial and friendly behaviour creates a positive impact on the treatment and subsequent healing process of a patient. Recently I had been to the Artemis Hospital, a 400 plus bed super speciality hospital…
Kids weighed down by school bags
Tazlina Zamila Khan How many of you lifted a bag of a school-going student?
Battles begin to turn in long war on TB
It kills millions of people and is carried by a quarter of humans, yet there has been just a handful of new drugs in decades and the only vaccine is a century old.
Ctg District jailer held with ‘huge money, contraband drug’
Chittagong, Oct 26 – Railway police arrested the jailer of Chattogram District Jail reportedly along with Tk 44 lakh in cash, a cheque for Tk 1.30 crore and Tk 2.50 crore FDR receipt and 12 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from…
New TB test could save hundreds of thousands of children: scientists
Scientists on Thursday unveiled a revolutionary way of screening children for tuberculosis, which they say will prevent hundreds of thousands each year from contracting the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
Why should countries invest in food safety?
Unsafe food costs low- and middle-income economies US$ 110 billion in lost productivity and medical expenses each year. Preventative measures—including greater investment, better regulatory frameworks and measures that promote behaviour change—can help countries avoid food safety problems.
‘New pathology guidelines to help fight breast cancer’
University of Queensland researchers said on Thursday that they have developed new breast cancer pathology guidelines that will give patients a better chance of fighting the major disease.
Experts caution study on plastics in humans is premature
Berlin,(AP/UNB) — Scientists in Austria say they’ve detected tiny bits of plastic in people’s stool for the first time, but experts caution the study is too small and premature to draw any credible conclusion. Presenting their findings at a congress…
Solar power lights up world’s fastest-growing refugee camp
By Dr Iftikher Mahmood Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct 23, 2018 (IPS) – Solar energy has long powered homes, businesses and portable electronics. Now, it’s powering a field hospital in the middle of the world’s fastest-growing refugee camp.
Gonoshasthaya Pharmaceuticals antibiotic section sealed off
Savar, Oct 23 – A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) sealed off the antibiotic section of Gonoshasthaya Pharmaceuticals Ltd on Tuesday.
HC asks medical centres: Fix diagnostic fees in two months
Dhaka, Oct 22 – The High Court on Monday asked the authorities of all private clinics, hospitals, laboratories and diagnostic centres across the country to fix the rates of all medical examinations within two months.
Reduction of waterborne diseases improves health
With reduction in recurrence of waterborne diseases following growing public consciousness, the overall health indexes improved largely in rural areas of the district in last ten years.
HC orders Tk 1mn compensation for Impact eye-surgery victims
The High Court on Sunday directed the authorities of Impact Masudul Hoque Memorial Community Health Centre in Chuadanga and IRIS Enterprise, a medicines supplier, to pay Tk 10 lakh as compensation to each of the 17 victims who lost their…
U.S. scientiss create new drug to sustain oxygen-starved hearts
US scientists at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a new drug that can restore the function of oxygen-starved heart tissue under the conditions of hypoxia, according to the results of a new study released over the weekend.
Seminar on “Management of diabetes in hospital” held
Health Desk A scientific session on “Management of diabetes in hospital; non critical care setting” held recently at the conference room of Impulse Hospital.
Legendary singer Ayub Bachchu dies early Thursday
Dhaka, Oct 18 – Ayub Bachchu, a legendary guitarist-lyricist-singer of Bangladesh, dies at his Moghbazar residence in the city on early Thursday.
New blood test can spare cancer patients chemotherapy
A simple new blood test being trialled across 40 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand could spare cancer patients from having to undergo unnecessary chemotherapy.
Canada second country to legalise recreational marijuana
The first recreational cannabis to be legally bought in Canada was purchased at midnight on Wednesday (02:30 GMT) on the eastern island of Newfoundland amid queues of hundreds of people.
World Food Day: World hunger is on the rise again
By IPS World Desk Rome, Oct 15 (IPS) – According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), over 820 million people are currently suffering from chronic undernourishment across the globe.
World Food Day: Take a holistic approach to food production
From Danielle Nierenberg October 16 is World Food Day. It can be a day of action, dedicated to tackling hunger and ensuring food security and nutrient-dense diets for everyone. Food should nourish and nurture people, society, and the planet, but…
BNP leader Tariqul seriously sick, hospitalised
BNP standing committee member Tariqul Islam has been admitted to a city hospital as fell sick seriously.