Researchers have identified a gene called SHOX2 whose high expression predicts poor survival in intermediate-grade glioma – a common type of brain cancer. The discovery – if confirmed in further studies – should help doctors decide how aggressive the cancer…
Dhaka – Over 2.10 crore children, aged between six months and five years, will be fed vitamin A-plus capsules today under a national campaign. Children, aged between six and 11 months, will be given the blue-coloured high-powered vitamin A capsules,…
Aiming to learn and share the national work and progress on faecal sludge management (FSM), a national convention was organized by the Bangladesh Faecal Sludge Management Network (FSM Network).The daylong conference took place today at the city’s LGED Auditorium to…
An Egyptian woman, believed to be the world’s heaviest woman at 500kg (1,102lb), will soon be flown to India for weight reduction surgery. Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 36, will be flown on a chartered plane to Mumbai where bariatric…
Dhaka – Forensic specialists at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday said no injury mark was found on the body of Mahbubul Hoque Shakil, Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s special assistant, who was found dead at a city restaurant on…
Dhaka – The body of Mahbubul Hoque Shakil, Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s special assistant, was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for an autopsy on Wednesday morning, UNB news agency reported.
Rights group alleges security forces held up emergency vehicles and harassed patients after protests turned violent. At least 80 civilians have been killed and about 12,000 wounded in almost five months of confrontation in Kashmir [EPA]At least 80 civilians have…
The regular use of Caesarean sections is having an impact on human evolution, say scientists. More mothers now need surgery to deliver a baby due to their narrow pelvis size, according to a study. Researchers estimate cases where the baby…
The Delhi High Court, India, recently lifted an earlier ban on more than 300 fixed dose combinations (FDCs), sending shock waves to public health, professional and civil society groups that have campaigned for years for rational use of medicines. According…
Dhaka – A new diagnostic technique to determine dehydration caused by diarrhoea in children is more reliable and accurate than existing methods, say scientists who were part of a US-Bangladesh team that developed it. The DHAKA (acronym for Dehydration: Assess…
Dhaka- Medical Equipment suppliers will observe three days’ strike starting from Tuesday demanding a stop to harassment by the Drug Administration. Bangladesh Medical Association Instruments and Hospital Equipment Dealers and Manufacturers Association announced the programme at a press conference at…
Doctors, dieticians and naturopaths consider that potassium can be helpful in counterbalancing diets that are now often too high in salt. This essential mineral plays a key role in the transmission of nerve impulses, as well as muscle contractions (especially…
By James Gallagher A drug that dramatically reduces the risk of being infected with HIV will now be given to patients by the NHS in England. The health service lost a court battle in the summer after arguing responsibility for…
Scientists in California say they have transformed understanding of Parkinson’s disease. Their animal experiments, published in the journal Cell, suggest the brain disorder may be caused by bacteria living in the gut. The findings could eventually lead to new ways…
The government has requested the UNAIDS not to leave Bangladesh as the UN agency is set to wind up Dhaka Office as part of its global ‘cost containment’ plan. “The office might be closed after August next year,” said Saima…
Dhaka – The High Court yesterday summoned the family planning officer and a senior staff nurse of Sherpur Health Complex in Bogra over refusing service and driving away an expecting woman, causing her to give birth under a tree resulting…
By Lyndal Rowlands United Nations (IPS) – Eighteen million people, just slightly under half of the people living with HIV and AIDS globally, are now taking life-saving medication, but global efforts to end the disease still largely depend on prevention.…
Dhaka – The World Aids Day is being observed Thursday with the theme “Hands up for HIV Prevention” in Bangladesh as elsewhere in the world with the theme “Hands up for HIV Prevention”. According to a report of UNAIDS, it…
Smokers under 50 are eight times more likely than non-smokers of the same age to have a major heart attack, scientists said Wednesday. The gap in risk between those who do and don’t consume tobacco diminishes with age, dropping to…
Dhaka-A convicted drug peddler fled from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (MCH) on Tuesday.
Scurvy, a disease historically associated with old-world sailors on long voyages, is making a surprise comeback in Australia with health officials Tuesday revealing a spate of cases. Caused by vitamin C deficiency, it used to be a common, and often…
Khadiza Akter, a student of Sylhet Government Women’s College who was undergoing treatment at Square Hospital after being hacked by a BCL leader in Sylhet, was shifted to Savar Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) hospital on Monday.Khadiza…
Dhaka – A drug-addicted mother has allegedly sold her 33-day-old daughter for Tk 5,000 at Alamnagar Churipatti slum in Bangladesh’s noathern city of Rangpur to collect drugs.
Dhaka – Victim of stabbing for refuging to have rerlationship with BCL leader Badrul Alam, Sylhet college girl Khadiza Begum Nargis is expected to be released from Square Hospital in the capital city Sunday.
Inverse psoriasis is a skin condition that causes red and inflamed lesions in the skin folds of the body. It is also known as intertriginous psoriasis. The location and appearance of these lesions set inverse psoriasis apart from other types…
Wounds take longer to heal in older people because of disruption in communication between skin cells and the immune system with age, a new study has found. Researchers explored this physiological puzzle by examining molecular changes in ageing mouse skin.…
Dhaka – Members of Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive recovered 2.9 kg heroin from Bokchar boarder are in Sadar upazila of Chapai Nawabganj on Tuesday evening.
Dhaka – EUROIMMUN (SEA) and Angsana Molecular & Diagnostics on Tuesday build a strategic partnership on the allergy diagnostics and testing to support clinicians, hospitals and private laboratories in South East Asia. This collaboration helps to bring the diagnostics and…
Health Desk Is your child always glued to his playstation or is always found playing video games on the smart-phone? Has he taken to staying indoors all day foregoing his daily evening outdoor playing session with friends? If yes, you…
The only children’s hospital in besieged Aleppo is out of action after being bombed as it treated victims of a chlorine gas attack, forcing staff to evacuate babies in incubators and other patients injured over days of fierce bombardment. There…