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New Zealand to ban smoking in cars with children

New Zealand to ban smoking in cars with children

-- 2019-02-12 14:42:56

The New Zealand government said on Sunday it will prohibit smoking in cars with children for protecting children's health. Once the legislation is approved by the parliament, the police are able to a...

Agroho holds free medical camp in Savar

Agroho holds free medical camp in Savar

FE Desk Report 2019-02-11 16:19:52

Agroho has organised a free medical camp at its regional office at Nabinagar area in Savar upazila of Dhaka. Dalia Rahman, chairperson of the organisation, inaugurated the day-long camp on Saturday m...

Measles cases triple in Europe

Measles cases triple in Europe

-- 2019-02-10 12:52:57

Measles cases in Europe tripled between 2017 and 2018 to 82,596 - the highest number recorded this decade, data from the World Health Organization shows. While vaccination rates are improving, the WH...

Global diabetes prevalence doubles in 30 years: Report

Global diabetes prevalence doubles in 30 years: Report

Kamrun Nahar 2019-02-10 10:38:43

Various health benefits are being offset by global shifts to unhealthy diets that are high in calories and heavily-processed and animal source foods, according to a recent report released by the Lance...

BD set to begin first ever kidney transplant from brain-dead

BD set to begin first ever kidney transplant from brain-dead

-- 2019-02-09 12:38:14

The country’s health sector is waiting for making a historic landmark as Bangladesh is set to begin kidney transplant from the brain-dead to partially mitigate huge demand of kidney transplant a...

Chicken Pox outbreak hits Rohingya camps

Chicken Pox outbreak hits Rohingya camps

-- 2019-02-08 11:52:41

Around 20,000 Rohingya people in the Ukhia and Teknaf camps have been infected in an outbreak of chicken pox, a quite common disease of childhood in Bangladesh. "All of a sudden, chicken pox cropped...

Plastic surgery on Bangladeshi conjoined twins a success

Plastic surgery on Bangladeshi conjoined twins a success

-- 2019-02-07 16:00:34

The surgery aimed at separating conjoined two-year-old twins from Bangladesh has been a success, official sources announced in Budapest on Wednesday. "The two-and-half-year-old Rabia and Rukia have s...

Authorities ‘deny’ treatment of Cambodia acid victims

Authorities ‘deny’ treatment of Cambodia acid victims

-- 2019-02-06 19:48:49

Survivors of acid attacks in Cambodia are being denied free government treatment that they are legally entitled to, Human Rights Watch says. Its report focused on 17 survivors, none of whom are said...

WHO, vaccine group back 'critical' cervical cancer shots

WHO, vaccine group back 'critical' cervical cancer shots

-- 2019-02-05 13:42:10

A vaccine given to girls to protect them against a virus that causes cervical cancer is a “critical” health tool and access to it should be scaled up as swiftly as possible, especially in...

Teva's migraine drug gets EU panel nod

Teva's migraine drug gets EU panel nod

-- 2019-02-03 14:15:58

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries said a European Medicines Agency (EMA) panel on Friday recommended approving migraine treatment Ajovy, a drug that the company has been counting on to revive its fortune...

Lung tumours hijack bacteria for survival: Study

Lung tumours hijack bacteria for survival: Study

-- 2019-02-02 13:11:49

American cancer biologists have discovered that lung tumours could hijack bacteria within the lung to promote their own survival. The study published on Thursday in the journal Cell showed that the a...

CUKH partners with institutes for medical robotics research

CUKH partners with institutes for medical robotics research

-- 2019-02-01 14:17:33

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) established partnerships with ETH Zurich, Imperial College London and Johns Hopkins University from the United States on Thursday to deepen ties on transdisc...

ACC finds 11 areas of corruption in health sector

ACC finds 11 areas of corruption in health sector

-- 2019-01-31 20:20:49

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) after a long inquiry into the health sector identified 11 areas of corruption and prepared a set of 25 recommendations to stop the menace. ACC Commissioner Dr Moz...

Swine flu outbreak kills 76 in India’s Rajasthan

Swine flu outbreak kills 76 in India’s Rajasthan

-- 2019-01-31 12:57:38

A swine flu outbreak in one of India’s biggest tourist hubs, Rajasthan state in the west of the country, has killed 76 people this year, government officials said on Wednesday. Colder weather h...

Apollo opens first Proton Therapy Centre for cancer in SE Asia

Apollo opens first Proton Therapy Centre for cancer in SE Asia

-- 2019-01-30 12:58:27

Apollo Hospitals has launched the first ever first ever Proton Therapy Centre for cancer in South East Asia. The 150-bed APCC is an integrated cancer hospital in Chennai providing world-class 360-deg...

Bangladeshi doctors’ professional excellence lauded

Bangladeshi doctors’ professional excellence lauded

-- 2019-01-29 17:08:35

Bangladesh High Commissioner to Singapore Md Mustafizur Rahman said Bangladeshi doctors have earned good name and fame for Bangladesh abroad through their professional excellence, hard work and dedica...

300 poor eye patients receive free treatment in Rangpur

300 poor eye patients receive free treatment in Rangpur

-- 2019-01-29 14:40:33

More than 300 poor and distressed eye patients received free treatment at a daylong free eye camp held on Monday at Amashu Kukrul Progoti High School ground in Rangpur city. The Deep Eye Care Foundat...

Fiji sees decreased malnutrition cases

Fiji sees decreased malnutrition cases

-- 2019-01-27 13:22:44

The Fijian government recorded four cases of malnutrition last year, a significant decrease compared to the previous years. Fiji Social Welfare Department's Child Services Assistant Director Ela Tuku...

Skinny genes the 'secret to staying slim'

Skinny genes the 'secret to staying slim'

-- 2019-01-26 13:23:40

Scientists say they have discovered the secret behind why some people are skinny while others pile on the pounds easily. Their work reveals newly discovered genetic regions linked to being very slim....

Scientists develop new drug to halt cancer cells' growth

Scientists develop new drug to halt cancer cells' growth

-- 2019-01-25 13:11:29

Scientists have developed a new drug which shows potential to halt cancer cells' growth by stunting the cells' biological clock. The findings from scientists at the US University of Southern Californ...

'New record' in global health funding

'New record' in global health funding

-- 2019-01-24 13:34:44

Funding to tackle 33 significant diseases has reached its highest level since figures were taken, says a survey which has tracked this for 11 years. The G-Finder report found that money invested in r...

Fever can boost immune mechanism: Study

Fever can boost immune mechanism: Study

-- 2019-01-23 14:12:59

Got a fever? Wait for a while and take antipyretics later. Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences suggested that patients with a fever...

US insulin costs nearly doubles in five years

US insulin costs nearly doubles in five years

-- 2019-01-22 19:22:47

The cost of insulin for treating type 1 diabetes in the United States nearly doubled over a five-year period, underscoring a national outcry over rising drug prices, according to a new analysis shared...

Spreading flu kills 19 children in US

Spreading flu kills 19 children in US

-- 2019-01-20 20:22:35

A total of 19 flu-associated child deaths have been reported and more than 3,500 have been hospitalised for influenza this winter in the United States. The US Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...

People make up minds sooner than they realise: Study

People make up minds sooner than they realise: Study

-- 2019-01-19 20:45:18

People consume far less information than expected before making judgments and decisions, research of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business showed. In a series of seven studies, participa...

KMCH adds six new departments

KMCH adds six new departments

-- 2019-01-18 13:58:50

The quality of service has improved greatly in recent months at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH), thanks to the efforts of its Superintendent Dr ATM Monjur Morshed and his staff. The hospital n...

Australia's aged care sector braces for powerful inquiry

Australia's aged care sector braces for powerful inquiry

-- 2019-01-17 13:43:20

A public inquiry into mistreatment of the elderly in Australia’s A$20 billion ($14 billion) aged-care industry begins hearings on Friday, with investors expecting damaging testimony to be follow...

Scientists create rapid vaccine development method

Scientists create rapid vaccine development method

-- 2019-01-16 12:52:48

Scientists from Australia's University of Queensland have created a method they hope will dramatically reduce the time it takes to develop vaccines in the event of a global epidemic. The university a...

New study delves into human brain's memory retrieval process

New study delves into human brain's memory retrieval process

-- 2019-01-15 14:02:55

Researchers have found that when our brain tries to remember a past event, it reconstructs that experience in reverse order, according to a study released on Monday by the University of Birmingham. T...

China deploys AI to prevent blindness

China deploys AI to prevent blindness

-- 2019-01-13 13:53:16

A Chinese hospital on Thursday launched free consultations featuring artificial-intelligence (AI) cameras to detect ocular fundus diseases, which are a major cause of blindness. Deqing county hospita...