Because your kidneys are located deep within your lower back, signs don’t always present themselves right away. Small, subtle changes could signify a dangerous tumor. If you have kidney cancer, you may notice one or more of these common signs.…
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Eat your way to a flatter belly
Health Desk When you’re trying to slim down your stomach, core exercises and ab workouts go a long way—but what you eat also plays a huge role. In addition to drinking enough water, eating fresh produce and healthy fats, and…
Kidney disease globally attributed to PM2.5 pollution: Study
The global toll of chronic kidney disease (CKD) attributable to PM2.5 pollution is significant, according to an analysis presented at ASN (American Society of Nephrology) Kidney Week. Benjamin Bowe, MPH, (Clinical Epidemiology Center at the VA Saint Louis Health Care…
IPR of essential drugs: And use of compulsory licenses
Geneva, 2 Nov (Kanaga Raja) – Highlighting the use of compulsory licenses by countries such as the United States, Germany and most recently Malaysia in order to gain access to amongst others affordable essential medicines, several major developing countries including…
Fakhrul visits party leader, injured in Feni attack, at hospital
Dhaka, Nov 3 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday visited party’s Gazipur unit leader Humayun Kabir Raju, who was seriously injured during the attacks on Khaleda Zia’s Cox’s Bazar-bound convoy in Feni, at a hospital in…
Clean water, sanitation remains big challenge for Rohingyas
Dhaka, Oct 31 – The settlements for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar district are dangerously congested and overcrowded and the pressure on sources of clean drinking water and basic sanitation are enormous. Clean water, sanitation remain big challenges as Bangladesh copes…
HIV seeks refuge in immune cells to avoid elimination
Neena Bhandari Sydney – Genetically-intact HIV hides in the same cells of the human immune system that are supposed to attack and destroy pathogens, scientists at Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney University, discovered in a new study.
Adolescent health congress skirts abuse-trafficking issues
By Stella Paul New Delhi, Oct 30 (IPS) – Twenty-year-old Gogontlejang Phaladi of Mahalapye, Botswana is grateful she was never sent to a so-called “hyena” like scores of girls in neighbouring Malawi were.
Stopping child marriage forever
By Shahiduzzaman Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct 30 (IPS) – The mother moved in like a tigress to save her cub. In 2015, when her 13-year-old daughter Shumi Akhter was about to be married off, Panna Begum pleaded with her husband, Dulal…
Without water – Story of Rohingya refugees
By International Organization for Migration Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Oct 30 (IOM) – You could not see it in their faces and they could no longer physically feel it but Mohammed and Jameelah’s pain was consuming their minds – in the…
HC summons three over faulty c-section in Comilla
The High Court (HC) today summoned three, including Comilla civil surgeon over a botched c-section, where doctor stitched a woman’s womb leaving one of the twin fetus inside. A High Court division bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice…
Deliberate famine should be a war crime, UN expert says
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Oct 25 (IPS) – The deliberate starvation of civilians could amount to a war crime and should be prosecuted, said an independent UN human rights expert.
Breakthroughs bring gene-editing therapies into view
Paris, Oct 26 (BSS/AFP) – Two teams of scientists on Wednesday unveiled a new generation of programmable molecular machines that can seamlessly repair tiny but deadly errors in the genetic coding of living organisms.
Chandpur man carrying 15 kg tumour for 42 yrs!
Dhaka – Harun Patwari, 50, a resident of Chapatia villge in Matlab (South) upazila, has been passing his days with a number of tumours, including one weighing 15 kg, bearing immense pain and sufferings.It is not possible for Harun, a…
‘Access to health products is non-negotiable’
The US-based medical devices industry through the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) has approached the US Trade Representative (USTR) with a demand to partially or fully suspend or withdraw India’s benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). This is…
Anti-stroke drugs also protect against dementia
People with heart trouble who take blood- thinning medication to avoid strokes may also significantly reduce their risk of dementia, a study published Wednesday said. Researchers found that of 444,106 patients in Sweden who had atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heart…
No food-no water-no shelter: Two days of muck-rain-uncertainty
By International Organization for Migration Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Oct 24 (IOM) – Last week, the Government of Bangladesh moved near 7,000 Rohingya refugees, who had been stranded in “no man’s land” near the Anjuman Para border crossing point in Cox’s…
Bangladesh researchers develop new drug for Hepatitis B
Patients infected with Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) may get much better and more effective treatment than even before as an advanced prescription medicine, developed by two Bangladeshi researchers, is set to hit local drugstores early next year after getting approval…
Rohingya woman has to choose between relief and treatment
Dhaka, Oct 24– While the injured Rohingyas are getting free treatment, a woman, hit with four bullets, left the hospital without completing her treatment to receive the reliefs from the Balukhali Camp-1 in Ukhiya under Cox’s Bazar.
Rohingya children still at acure risk: Unicef
Nearly two months since Rohingya families began fleeing en masse to Bangladesh, thousands of children and women are still without basic lifesaving services, UNICEF said today. The warning comes as representatives of donor governments and humanitarian organizations meet in Geneva…
WHO cancels Robert Mugabe goodwill ambassador role
The World Health Organization has revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador following a widespread outcry.
EU co-hosting fundraising confce on Rohingya in Geneva
Dhaka – The European Union will co-host the upcoming Pledging Conference on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis, with Kuwait, in Geneva on Monday, in partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Organisation for…
US regulators approve second gene therapy for blood concer
U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved a second gene therapy for a blood cancer, a one-time, custom-made treatment for aggressive lymphoma in adults. The Food and Drug Administration allowed sales of the treatment from Kite Pharma. It uses the same technology,…
Hundreds of families block organ donation in UK
Organs from 505 registered donors in UK could not be made available for transplant in the last five years because of objections from relatives. BBC 5 live found that almost a third of families blocked organ donation because they felt…
Invest more in food safety – say experts
Experts at a seminar on Wednesday called for more investment in food safety to ensure food security as well as rural development. They also demanded taking necessary initiatives for amending the Food Safety Act 2013 to prevent food adulteration. Bangladesh…
How pharma firms, corporate hospitals fleece patients
by K M Gopakumar The Indian National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (INPPA), using its powers under the Drugs Price Control Order 2013, capped the prices of cardiovascular stents and knee implants. INPPA has powers to fix the prices of all medical…
Combination therapy for ‘Super malaria’ : WHO
A recent report by the BBC shows a dangerous increase of resistance to the drug artemisinin. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) for the treatment of malaria and the spread of resistance to this drug,…
Eat less meat to cut drug resistance, says study
Dyna Rochmyaningsih Jakarta – Cutting meat consumption is one of three strategies that an international team of scientists recommends to tackle the rising problem of antibiotic resistance stemming from abundant use in animal farming.
Human malaria spread from monkeys found in Brazil
Meghie Rodrigues Rio De Janeiro – A parasite that causes malaria in monkeys infected 50 people between 2015 and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, in the Mata Atlântica region.
UK hospitals to ban ‘super-size’ chocolate bars
“Super-sized” chocolate bars are to be banished from hospital shops, canteens and vending machines, NHS England says. Sweets and chocolate sold in hospitals should be 250 calories or under, the head of the body says. Under the plans, most “grab…