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Warning signs of an impending heart attack

Warning signs of an impending heart attack

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-11-24 14:05:11

Heart attacks are frightening. Even if it does not kill us, it scares us for life and reduces our quality of life. But why do they happen? Heart attacks result from loss of blood supply to the cardia...

Updated COVID boosters offer better protection than original: US study

Updated COVID boosters offer better protection than original: US study

-- 2022-11-23 16:35:47

Updated COVID-19 boosters offer increased protection against new coronavirus subvariants in people who have previously received up to four doses of the older vaccine, based on data from the first stud...

How to prevent motion sickness while travelling

How to prevent motion sickness while travelling

DR. IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-11-21 15:34:49

Do you want to throw up when the bus starts to speed up? Don’t worry; you are not the only one. A lot of people around the world feel the same, which is commonly known as motion sickness. This...

All you need to know about newborn skincare

All you need to know about newborn skincare

Mahia Afrin 2022-11-20 18:42:05

The structural and functional skin maturation starts immediately after delivery in full-term newborns and 2-3 weeks in preterm newborns after birth. At birth, the skin is red to purplish.  In a...

Choosing the perfect product for your winter skincare

Choosing the perfect product for your winter skincare

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-11-16 16:43:24

Just wake up and feel uncomfortable because of the chipped skin and the cracked lips? Check the temperature. Yes, it's winter! Winter is a dry month, which may cause problems with the skin. Dr Robyn...

Why we should worry about rampant intake of paracetamol

Why we should worry about rampant intake of paracetamol

Dr IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-11-10 15:16:14

Paracetamol is known worldwide as the 'most commonly used drug.' As an over-the-counter medication, meaning it does not need a prescription to dispense, paracetamol is frequently bought and used by pe...

Every district hospital to get 10-bed ICUs

Every district hospital to get 10-bed ICUs

-- 2022-11-09 20:31:28

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday said that the government has decided to set up 10-bed dialysis centres and 10-bed Intensive Care Units (ICUs) at each district hospital...

Artificial blood goes for clinical trial

Artificial blood goes for clinical trial

-- 2022-11-08 08:51:09

Blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people in a world-first clinical trial, UK researchers say, report agencies. Tiny amounts - equivalent to a couple of spoonfuls - are bei...

Rise of lung diseases - symptoms and precautions

Rise of lung diseases - symptoms and precautions

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-10-31 15:13:29

Despite the advances in medical science, the world is still plagued by a variety of diseases. Chronic diseases are on the rise, while infectious diseases are staging a comeback. Such a double burden i...

Vitamin D deficiency among women of reproductive age is alarmingly high in Bangladesh

Vitamin D deficiency among women of reproductive age is alarmingly high in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-30 20:06:41

Women and children in Bangladesh have been suffering acutely from multiple micronutrient deficiencies, says a survey disclosed on Sunday. Women of reproductive age are facing alarmingly high vitamin...

In Britain's inflation crisis, healthy diets are a casualty

In Britain's inflation crisis, healthy diets are a casualty

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-28 13:25:03

Fresh vegetables and fish are falling off the menu. Packaged pizzas and processed meat are the dishes of the day, Reuters reports. Many British households are turning away from healthier foods...

Can the brain’s capacity be increased? Here’s what you need to know

Can the brain’s capacity be increased? Here’s what you need to know

Dr IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-10-27 15:01:02

Have trouble remembering? Want to be sharp and focused with your mind? Then try some exercise. It can stave off the risks of Alzheimer, dementia and other brain issues. Memory training is still a con...

Ample beds ready for dengue patients

Ample beds ready for dengue patients

FE REPORT 2022-10-27 09:17:53

The government has prepared an adequate number of beds for the dengue patients in two hospitals - dedicated to Covid-19 treatment in the city, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Wednesday. "With...

Side effects of using and consuming steroids

Side effects of using and consuming steroids

Mahia Afrin 2022-10-26 17:09:51

A steroid is a life-saving drug if it is used or consumed correctly. It is used topically or as a tablet, injection, or liquid form.  Steroids can treat many skin diseases like eczema, seborrhei...

‘Covid-19 cases likely to increase globally in coming months’

‘Covid-19 cases likely to increase globally in coming months’

-- 2022-10-26 16:20:45

Daily global Covid-19 infections are projected to rise slowly to about 18.7 million by February from the current 16.7 million average daily cases, driven by the northern hemisphere's winter months, th...

Naturally occurring metabolite identified that converts “bad” fat to “good” fat

Naturally occurring metabolite identified that converts “bad” fat to “good” fat

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-26 12:08:41

Scripps Research and Calibr scientists collaborated to discover potential therapeutic treatments for metabolic diseases, SciTechDaily reports. “Metabolism” describes the body’s chem...

Fungal infection list launched by WHO flags global health threat

Fungal infection list launched by WHO flags global health threat

-- 2022-10-25 21:49:50

The World Health Organisation has drawn up the first ever list of fungal pathogens posing the greatest threat to human health, warning that some strains are increasingly drug-resistant and becoming mo...

Dengue creating havoc, may spread more

Dengue creating havoc, may spread more

DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-10-25 08:52:32

Nargis Banu's efforts to control Aedes mosquitoes in her residence proved futile as her six-year son was infected by dengue on Monday. Ms Banu, the mid-age lady - residing in the city's Mirpur Aramba...

Paediatric patient with spinal muscular atrophy to get first gene therapy in BD

Paediatric patient with spinal muscular atrophy to get first gene therapy in BD

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-10-24 16:14:06

Many children have died from a rare and complex congenital spinal disease all over the world caused by genetic factors named spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). SMA is a genetic condition that makes the m...

How to handle a pre-wedding breakout?

How to handle a pre-wedding breakout?

MAHIA AFRIN 2022-10-23 15:18:15

How to prevent breakouts is among the most frequent worries of soon-to-be brides and grooms the week before their wedding. Various factors can cause these unsightly pimples to appear on a wedding day...

Indonesia finds medicines with ingredients linked to fatal child kidney injury

Indonesia finds medicines with ingredients linked to fatal child kidney injury

-- 2022-10-20 19:28:33

Some medicinal syrups available in Indonesia contained ingredients linked to fatal acute kidney injury (AKI) in children, its health minister said on Thursday, as it investigates a spike in cases and...

Global leaders commit $2.6b to end polio: WHO

Global leaders commit $2.6b to end polio: WHO

-- 2022-10-18 20:00:44

Global leaders committed $2.6 billion in funding at the World Health Summit on Thursday to end polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. As per a Reuters report, the funding will support globa...

Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreak

Serum Institute to produce Ebola vaccine for use in Uganda outbreak

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-18 10:17:54

The Serum Institute of India plans to manufacture 20,000 to 30,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine by the end of November for use in trials against an outbreak in Uganda, its developers a...

Health secretary sees possibility of sharp rise in dengue cases

Health secretary sees possibility of sharp rise in dengue cases

-- 2022-10-17 20:18:02

Health Secretary Anwar Hossain Howlader has alerted hospitals over a possibility of a sharp rise in dengue cases leading to a shortage of beds. He advised the hospitals to make preparations and open...

Japan's Fujifilm stops work on Avigan as Covid-19 drug

Japan's Fujifilm stops work on Avigan as Covid-19 drug

-- 2022-10-15 16:05:13

Fujifilm Holdings Corp has ended the development of its anti-influenza drug Avigan to treat Covid-19, the firm said on Friday, after more than two years of work on a pill once hailed as Japan's bigges...

Gambia says child deaths linked to cough syrup have risen to 70

Gambia says child deaths linked to cough syrup have risen to 70

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-15 12:41:17

Gambia's government on Friday said the number of child deaths from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, has risen to 70 from a previous toll of 69, Reuters repo...

Covid protection may be boosted by genes, study shows

Covid protection may be boosted by genes, study shows

BBC 2022-10-14 11:54:19

Some people with "lucky genes" or certain DNA may get extra strong protection after Covid jabs, say scientists from University of Oxford. The researchers found people with a version of a...

Pfizer says updated booster protects against Omicron

Pfizer says updated booster protects against Omicron

-- 2022-10-13 17:23:53

Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech said on Thursday that their Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccine booster generated a strong immune response against the currently circulating BA.5 and the B...

British Council-funded research emphasises UK-Bangladesh partnership in developing health professionals

British Council-funded research emphasises UK-Bangladesh partnership in developing health professionals

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-13 14:52:52

The British Council has organised an event at its Fuller Road office to present the findings of the research titled “Presentation of findings and recommendations and workshop: Examples of health...

BD scores lowest among 40 nations

BD scores lowest among 40 nations

SAIF UDDIN 2022-10-13 07:46:59

Bangladesh has scored the lowest in the first-ever Health Inclusivity Index 2022 that measures progress in 40 countries towards the provision of good physical, mental and social health for all. Bangl...