Ginger Ginger has long been used in folk medicine to treat everything from colds to constipation. Ginger can be used fresh, in powdered form (ginger spice), or candied. Although the flavor between fresh and ground ginger is significantly different, they…
Foam made by miniature frogs to protect their eggs could offer a clever way to deliver healing drugs to burns patients, say scientists.Tough bubbles could trap and deliver medication while providing a protective barrier between the wound dressing and the…
Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and adult disability, but quickly recognizing the signs of it and seeking immediate medical care from specialists can minimize the effects of the disease or even save a life, say an…
Despite increased understanding of heart disease risk factors and the need for preventive lifestyle changes, patients suffering the most severe type of heart attack have become younger, more obese and more likely to have preventable risk factors such as smoking,…
By Liz Langley The black Labrador retriever recently detected a drop in blood sugar in 7-year-old Luke Nuttall, who has Type 1 diabetes. His glucose monitor didn’t pick it up, but Jedi did—and woke up Luke’s mother, Dorrie Nuttall, as…
Researchers may be closer to unraveling the underlying causes of Parkinson’s disease, after identifying the point at which alpha-synuclein – a protein believed to play a key role in the condition – becomes toxic to the brain.Researchers found that a…
Experts at a roundtable on Saturday stressed the need for reducing the prices of medicine and lowering the tax to import the machineries related to detection and providing treatment to critical diseases. They also urged the government to take step…
Defining a patient’s symptoms using the historical diagnostic labels of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an outdated approach to understanding an individual’s condition, according to experts writing in the European Respiratory Journal on Sunday.
Geneva (K M Gopakumar) – A proposal by the World Health Organization secretariat to address shortage of medicines would be a windfall for big pharmaceutical companies. The 138th session of the WHO Executive Board is to consider a Secretariat document…
The trial of a new painkiller has gone drastically wrong in France, leaving one person brain dead and five others in a serious condition.On Friday, one source apparently familiar with the situation initially said the drug was a cannabis-based drug.…
by Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN)President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address announced a new national “moon shot” effort to cure cancer. “For the loved ones we’ve all lost, for the family we can still save, let’s make America the…
A mobile court has slapped LabAid Hospital in Dhaka with a Tk 10 lakh fine for keeping “low-quality”, unauthorised medicines. The drugs were found during a raid by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) police unit on the hospital in Dhanmondi…
Interesting new data on prices countries are paying on Hep C drugs was published yesterday in Lancet Global Health. The study shows strikingly, that some middle-income countries pay as much, if not more, than wealthy countries for hep C direct-acting…
By Sydney Lupkin This story is part of a partnership between MedPage Today and VICE News. Worldwide outrage has followed the recent dizzying increase in the price of Daraprim, a drug that treats potentially fatal parasitic infections, by its new…
The Doctors Association of Bangladesh (BMA), a platform of pro-BNP physicians, yesterday termed the newly announced 8th national pay scale as unacceptable. “The interests of physicians and people working in the health sector have been undermined because of the disparity…
New Delhi: The World Health Organization has called for more research on ways to battle malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite, in the wake of a surge of infections in Western India. According to the WHO, the parasite is…
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as he is suffering from various diseases. “He (Gayeshwar) has been suffering from various health problems, including heart and liver complications, diabetes, and…
The newborn, who was shot inside the womb of its mother allegedly by Jubo League men in Magura, was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday. The baby boy was taken to…
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) authorities have formed an eight-member medical team for the proper treatment of the newborn who was shot inside the womb of its mother allegedly by Jubo League men in Magura. Dr Ashraful Haque Kajal, head…
Imogen Mathers In a continent of 54 countries, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for development, but the value of science and technology transcends national differences, says Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the new president of Mauritius, in this audio interview. “We know that…
Yerevan – Thousands of patients with advanced cancer in Armenia suffer from avoidable, severe pain every year because they cannot get adequate pain medications, Human Rights Watch said in a report and video released today. While effective, safe, and inexpensive…
Firdausi Qadri of the worldwide Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh, said the trial results, published in The Lancet journal, show how a routine oral cholera vaccination programme “could substantially reduce the burden of disease and greatly contribute…
An icddr,b study, which is one of the first analyses of the range of immune responses following typhoid fever in children under-five, has found that young children display the same clinical illness as adults—such as duration of fever and temperature—as…
The Government of Bangladesh is sending humanitarian assistance including medical teams and medicine to Nepal in the wake of the devastation caused in Nepal by a major earthquake today.
Health agencies need to take into account disease evolution in warming environments as climate change could alter the development of vector-borne diseases, two studies have found. The “vector” in a vector-borne disease refers to an infected human or animal that…
Country’s 90 to 95 per cent kidney patients can not afford treatment of kidney diseases due to lack of financial support, says a kidney expert. “A kidney failure patient has to pay at least Tk 10,000 per week for dialysis,…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in separate drives recovered 862 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup and 180 ampoules of Indian sedative drugs from Gopalpur and Yusufpur Padmarchar areas under Charghat thana of the district on Saturday.
Experts at a function on Saturday emphasised the need for taking joint effort by government and private sector to create awareness among the people about kidney diseases to prevent it effectively and in time. A joint effort of government and…
A Japanese stem cell scientist at the heart of a scandal over false claims and fabricated research has resigned. Dr Haruko Obokata published supposedly groundbreaking research showing stem cells could be made quickly and cheaply. There were irregularities in data,…
By Amy Braunschweiger Mexico, like much of the developing world, is facing a growing public health challenge – more people than ever will be dying from chronic illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes that often cause extreme pain. In…