As deadly coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, strategies for developing a safe and effective vaccine are rapidly moving forward, according to reports carried by various global news media.
Tag: medicine
Chinese Alzheimer’s drug to undergo global clinical trials
An innovative Chinese Alzheimer’s drug that hit the domestic market last week, will go through clinical trials on 2,000 patients overseas in 2020.
ক্যানসার চিকিৎসায় ইমিউনোথেরাপি দিতে পারে নিরাময়
ডা. নাজমুল হাসান খান মানবদেহের রোগ প্রতিরোধ ব্যবস্থা কাজে লাগিয়ে ক্যানসার চিকিৎসার নতুন পদ্ধতি উদ্ভাবনের জন্য ২০১৮ সালে চিকিৎসাবিজ্ঞানে নোবেল পুরস্কার পান দুই বিজ্ঞানী যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের জেমস পি অ্যালিসন ও জাপানের তাসুকু হোনজো। তাদের দেখানো পথ ধরেই ক্যানসার নিরাময় গবেষণায় সাফল্য…
Wild fevervine herb discovered in N. China
A survey group has found a large cluster of wild Paederia scandens (Chinese fevervine) in north China’s Hebei Province during a field investigation for the fourth national survey on Chinese materia medica resources. The wild fevervine community, concentrating with a…
Facilitate access to new biologic drugs, update guidelines
A total of 35 civil society organizations and eight concerned individuals of the world have urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to update the guidelines for facilitating access to new biologic medicines. They have made the call in a joint…
MSF launches global campaign to lower price of crucial TB drug
Geneva, Oct (Kanaga Raja) – The medical humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has launched a global campaign on 10 October that calls on pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to lower the price of its life-saving anti-tuberculosis (TB) drug…
Doctors turn to thumbs for diagnosis, treatment by text
Sacramento, Oct 8 (AP/UNB) — Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn’t even leave her dining room.
Drug overdose kills 3, hospitalises 4 in Pittsburgh, US
Washington, Sept. 22 (Xinhua/UNB) — A drug-related overdose killed three people and hospitalized four others in Pittsburgh, U.S. state of Pennsylvania, police said on Sunday, citing an initial investigation.
বিশ্বে ছড়িয়ে পড়া ওষুধ প্রতিরোধী নতুন সুপারবাগ ক্যানডিডা অরিস
ওষুধ প্রতিরোধী ফাঙ্গাস বা ছত্রাক, নাম ক্যানডিডা অরিস, আবিষ্কৃত হয়েছিলো মাত্র ১০ বছর আগে। কিন্তু তারপরও হাসপাতালে থাকা অণুজীবের মধ্যে এখন বিশ্বের সবচেয়ে আতঙ্কজনক নামগুলোর মধ্যে একটি ক্যানডিডা অরিস।
Low-income nations pay over 20 times more for generic drugs
By Caley PigliucciReprint UN, Jun 21 2019 (IPS) – A recently-released report by the Washington-based Center for Global Development (CGD) shows that generic drugs, like omeprazole (used to treat heartburn), can cost 20-30 times more in low and middle-income countries…
Preventing antibiotic resistance: Look to livestock industry
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 21 (IPS) – Antimicrobial resistance is quickly becoming a global crisis and risks reversing a century of progress in health. Some organisations have already geared up and are tackling the issue from its roots. In…
Deadly fungal infection spreading globally in secrecy
A deadly new drug-resistant fungus is spreading worldwide. The fungus, called Candida auris, is quietly spreading across the globe and is resistant to major antifungal drugs. According to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), nearly half of the patients…
Zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance ring alarm bells
Data released recently by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reveal that antibiotics used to treat infections that can be transmitted between animals and humans (zoonoses) like campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis are…
The 100pc cure for cancer?
Dhaka, Feb 01 – At a time when cancer is spreading at a disturbingly fast pace across the globe, an Israeli biotech company has claimed that they will have the cure for this deadly disease by 2020. Although different types…
ভুল চিকিৎসার অভিযোগ!! লুসাইবা চিরনিদ্রায়!
ভুল চিকিৎসার অভিযোগ!! লুসাইবা চিরনিদ্রায়! দোষীদের দৃষ্টান্তমূলক শাস্তি দাবি ———– আহমেদ জহুর ———— “আমি লুসাইবার মা হামিদা আলী। আপনাদেরকে দু:খের সঙ্গে জানাচ্ছি যে, আমাদের কলিজার টুকরো, অত্যন্ত আদরের মামনি ১৫ মাস বয়সী মালিহা জান্নাত লুসাইবা আর নেই…। ঢাকা শিশু হাসপাতালের…
Bangladesh’s tallest man scared of needed head surgery
Dhaka, Nov 4 – A tumour in the head of Jinnat Ali—the tallest person of the country at 8 feet 2 inches—is getting worse and he needs immediate treatment, his doctors said yesterday.
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.
Discussion on hemophilia disease held at RMC
Rajshahi, Oct 6 – A discussion meeting regarding the haemophilia disease held at the Rajshahi Medical College (RMC) on Saturday at 10 am at the conference room of the college.
Let food be thy medicine
By Adelheid Onyango and Bibi Giyose Brazzaville, Congo, Aug 14 2018 (IPS) – When faced with a crisis, our natural reaction is to deal with its immediate threats. Ateka (name has been changed) came to the make-shift clinic with profuse…
Muslim woman to give kidney to sister’s ailing Hindu friend
Kanpur – Amid the cacophony of communal strife, here comes a heart-warming gesture. A Muslim woman from Fatehpur district has come forward to donate her kidney to a Hindu woman from Pune (Maharashtra), who has been battling for life for…
Method to identify different subtypes of neurons
A team of researchers has developed the first scalable method to identify different subtypes of neurons in the human brain. The research lays the groundwork for “mapping” the gene activity in the human brain and could help provide a better…
New ‘guided missiles’ engineered as alternative to chemotherapy
Scientists have engineered novel proteins that work like ‘guided missiles’ which seek out cancer cells and deliver chemotherapy drugs to treat hard-to-reach tumours without harming healthy cells. Although chemotherapy drugs do often effectively kill cancer cells, they also damage other…
Six innovations scientists hope will end malaria
The Gateses aim to eradicate malaria by 2040 by doubling funding over the next decade to support the roll out of new products to tackle rising drug resistance against the disease. Their goal of permanently ending transmission of the disease…
WHO member states concerned over unaffordable prices of medicines
Geneva, (Mirza Alas and K M Gopakumar) – World Health Organization Member States once again raised concerns over unaffordable prices of medicines at the recent annual meeting of health ministers and high level officials. Many countries expressed the view that…
Turmeric effective in treating various types of cancer
Curcuma longa, also known as turmeric, is effective in the treatment of various types of cancer, including breast and ovarian cancer, which has risen 30 percent among women in the last one decade, says a study. Turmeric has nearly 20…
Medical cannabis serves as an orphan drug
An orphan drug is a pharmaceutical agent that treats a rare medical condition, the condition itself being referred to as an orphan disease. Patients with an orphan disease have very limited choices. It is, therefore, good news that Cannabis as…
Two-drug regimen shows promise against pancreatic cancer
Health Desk A combination of two chemotherapy drugs has shown promising results in fighting pancreatic cancer, significantly improving five-year survival rates, according to a European study presented Friday. The trial showed that patients who take the oral drug capecitabine in…
Mexico debates legalizing opium poppy for medicine
Health Desk Fed up with drug-related violence, a growing number of Mexican politicians see one potential cure: legalizing the cultivation of opium poppies for the production of medicine. The debate has emerged in recent weeks after President Enrique Pena Nieto…
What you should know about the Zika virus
Dr. Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General You’ve probably heard news reports about Zika, a virus that’s been spreading across South and Central America as well as the Caribbean. Zika is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes. In past outbreaks, the vast majority…
‘Single dose oral cholera vaccine protective in endemic setting’
Dhaka – A new study by icddr,b scientists has shown for the first time that a single dose of the oral cholera vaccine Shanchol is effective in older children and adults in an area where cholera is endemic. These findings…