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-- 2019-09-03 15:48:31
Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in wealthy countries and could become the world’s biggest killer within just a few decades if current trends persist, researchers...
-- 2019-08-29 17:18:20
The 12-year-old girl Nupur returned home on Thursday after a successful minimally invasive cardiac surgery at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD), the first of its kind at any go...
Xinhua 2019-08-28 17:15:07
People who are optimistic are more likely to live longer, according to a new study. "Optimism is specifically related to 11 to 15 percent longer life span, on average, and to greater odds of achievin...
Xinhua 2019-08-28 17:07:52
A new cancer therapy using nanoparticles to heat and destroy tumors showed encouraging results in a clinical trial. The study published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of...
-- 2019-08-26 14:06:20
For the first time in the country, a government hospital conducted an invasive cardiac surgery on Sunday. A team of 10 doctors headed by Dr Ashraful Hoque Siam at the National Institute of Cardiovasc...
FE report 2019-08-25 10:50:59
An estimated 20 million people in Bangladesh are suffering from bone erosion while 40 per cent of women, aged between 16 and 45 years, have low bone density. According to a study, around 5.6 mill...
-- 2019-08-12 20:16:48
The disposal of waste of sacrificial animals is going on in both Dhaka south and north city corporations since Monday morning, reports BSS.Though the cleaners started removing waste of sacrificial ani...
-- 2019-08-11 15:04:22
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11: The number of dengue fever cases in Malaysia reached an all-time high for the period from January to Aug 3, hitting nearly 80,000 cases and 113 deaths reported. Deputy Health Mi...
-- 2019-08-09 18:38:45
Despite being public holidays on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, the country’s all community clinics will remain open in rural areas from August 9 (Friday) to 17 except Eid day, aiming to provide h...
-- 2019-08-07 17:50:26
A physician couple is passing an awful time as they have got their two sons infected with dengue which has been playing havoc across the country for the last few weeks. “This is a very difficul...
FE Online Desk 2019-08-06 16:51:55
Jamuna Bank Foundation organised a four-day dengue eradication program in different places in Dhaka city recently. Chairman, Jamuna Bank Foundation, & Chairman, Executive Committee of the Board o...
FE Online Desk 2019-08-03 14:35:51
Bangladeshi twins who were born conjoined at the head have been successfully separated in a 33-hour surgery ending on Friday at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in the capital. The three-year-old...
-- 2019-07-27 17:01:54
Bangladesh along with Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand has become the first countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve Hepatitis B control, the UN body has announced, reports bdnews24.com. It means...
-- 2019-07-27 16:01:00
Many governments in the world are making progress in the fight against tobacco use, but the World Health Organization's latest tobacco report shows more could be done to help people quit the addictive...
-- 2019-07-26 17:52:20
A new study on the link between chili and dementia may bring bad news for spicy food addicts. Researchers have found that eating lots of chili may cause an increased risk of dementia, reports Xinhua....
Jubair Hasan and Yasir Wardad 2019-07-25 10:44:16
Snakebite has emerged as a severe threat to thousands of people across the country, especially in the flood-hit areas, due to inadequate supply of the expensive drug, used to counter snake venom,...
-- 2019-07-18 10:44:21
The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo to be a “public health emergency of international concern”, saying the recent risk of its spread i...
-- 2019-07-17 16:21:56
The first Ebola patient in Goma, capital of the province of North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has died, local authorities have said. Carly Nzanzu, the governor of North Kivu...
FE Online Report 2019-07-16 20:32:30
Baby foods are high in sugar and inappropriately marked as suitably for infants under the age of six months, according to recent studies. Two new studies by WHO/Europe also recommend that that...
-- 2019-07-16 11:13:57
Scientists are closing in on a long-sought goal — a blood test to screen people for possible signs of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. On Monday at the Alzheimer's Association I...
-- 2019-07-07 19:25:01
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said people can now undergo bypass surgery at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at a cost of Tk 40,000-50,000. He came up with the information while talkin...
-- 2019-07-02 11:28:31
Millions of people in the UK are putting their sight at risk by continuing to smoke, warn specialists. Despite the clear connection, only one in five people recognise that smoking can lead to blindne...
FE Online Desk 2019-06-25 20:44:27
The government has launched a new contraceptive pill named ‘Shukhi 3rd Generation’. The launching ceremony of the pill was held at IEM conference room in the office of the Directorat...
-- 2019-06-25 13:51:18
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday seeking its directives to prevent unnecessary caesarean sections in the country. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman filed...
-- 2019-06-23 20:30:55
The government will introduce ICU (intensive care unit) at zila sadar hospitals across the country aiming to ensure better medical treatment to marginal people. Health and Family Welfare Minister Zah...
-- 2019-06-22 11:58:54
The national Vitamin A plus campaign is underway across the country today (Saturday), aiming to feed Vitamin A plus capsules to nearly 22 million (2.20 crore) children aged from six months to 59 month...
-- 2019-06-20 19:38:01
Tobacco-related diseases kill around 161,000 people annually and 441 persons daily in Bangladesh, causing a growing threat to public health. The information was revealed at a discussion at conference...
-- 2019-06-19 10:25:10
The authorities have spent nearly half a billion in the outgoing fiscal year only on killing mosquitoes in Dhaka, but the number of the insect-borne dengue infections has started rising in the beginni...
-- 2019-06-16 20:37:38
The national Vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign will be observed across the country on June 22 aiming to feed Vitamin A plus capsules to all children aged between six months to 59 months. Children...
-- 2019-06-15 18:37:16
A panel of World Health Organization decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration...
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