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Low air pollution can damage heart: Study

Low air pollution can damage heart: Study

-- 2018-08-04 14:23:00

Regular exposure to even low levels of air pollution may cause changes to the heart similar to those in the early stages of heart failure, experts say. A study of 4,000 people in the UK found those...

Congo Ebola outbreak poses high regional risk, says WHO

Congo Ebola outbreak poses high regional risk, says WHO

-- 2018-08-03 15:36:49

An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely spread over tens of kilometres and poses a high regional risk given its proximity to borders, a World Health Organization (WHO) offi...

Australia halts dengue fever by special mosquito

Australia halts dengue fever by special mosquito

-- 2018-08-02 14:40:38

Australian researchers say for the first time an entire city has been protected from viral disease dengue. Captive-bred mosquitoes with a naturally occurring bacteria were released in the city of Tow...

Dramatic rise in heatwave deaths to take place by 2080

Dramatic rise in heatwave deaths to take place by 2080

-- 2018-08-01 13:48:29

The number of people dying from heatwaves is likely to rise sharply in some regions by 2080 if policymakers fail to take mitigating steps in climate and health policies, according to the results of a...

Researchers develop method to reduce medications side effects

Researchers develop method to reduce medications side effects

-- 2018-07-31 14:27:44

Scientists from Israeli have developed a method to reduce side effects of drugs, as published Sunday by the Weizmann Institute of Science located in central Israel. The new method is based on separat...

10m people in Bangladesh infected with hepatitis virus: Survey

10m people in Bangladesh infected with hepatitis virus: Survey

-- 2018-07-29 21:49:47

Nearly 10 million (one crore) people in the country are infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, according to a recent study report. Hepatology Society conducted the study on the Prevale...

Disabled people get artificial limbs in Myanmar

Disabled people get artificial limbs in Myanmar

-- 2018-07-29 14:48:21

About 500 to 600 disabled people in Myanmar with missing arms or legs will be provided free with artificial limbs under a humanitarian project of the India-Myanmar Development Cooperation, the officia...

Bayer charges Netflix over new medical device documentary

Bayer charges Netflix over new medical device documentary

-- 2018-07-28 13:24:48

German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer AG disputed accusations in a new Netflix documentary that claims medical device makers and the US Food and Drug Administration place...

10m people infected with hepatitis B or C: Survey

10m people infected with hepatitis B or C: Survey

-- 2018-07-27 19:18:02

Nearly 10 million people in the country are infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, said a study report recently. Hepatology Society conducted the study on the Prevalence of hepatitis B...

Hospitals switching to electronic health records see lower deaths

Hospitals switching to electronic health records see lower deaths

-- 2018-07-27 13:29:08

Hospitals that switch from paper to electronic health records may eventually see lower death rates than they had before, but a US study also suggests that fatalities may first increase as the transiti...

UNICEF warns of HIV crisis in teenage girls

UNICEF warns of HIV crisis in teenage girls

-- 2018-07-26 21:35:44

Teenagers, and particularly girls, are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS epidemic with around 30 adolescents becoming infected with HIV every hour, according to a report by the United Nations child...

Israel develops new way to treat lung cancer

Israel develops new way to treat lung cancer

-- 2018-07-26 13:31:24

Israeli researchers have developed a new combination of three drugs to treat lung cancer that resists conventional treatment, according to a research published Wednesday by the Weizmann Institute of S...

PPD’s Permanent Global Secretariat opens in Dhaka

PPD’s Permanent Global Secretariat opens in Dhaka

FE Online Desk 2018-07-25 13:44:23

The Permanent Global Secretariat of Partners in Population and Development (PPD), an international Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) grouping 26 developing countries, has formally been inaugurated...

'Display charges of medical tests in public places'

'Display charges of medical tests in public places'

-- 2018-07-24 16:54:54

The High Court has asked private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres to display the charges of medical tests and other services in public places. An HC bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice M...

Vaccine scandal sparks outcry in China

Vaccine scandal sparks outcry in China

-- 2018-07-24 13:37:27

Authorities in China have ordered an investigation into a vaccination scandal as panic grows over product safety. Last week vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology Co was found to have falsified produ...

Single dose drug for recurring malaria

Single dose drug for recurring malaria

-- 2018-07-23 15:46:38

A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States. The medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria, which makes 8.5 million people ill each...

BRAC Bank , Telenor Health arrange healthcare event

BRAC Bank , Telenor Health arrange healthcare event

FE Online Desk 2018-07-23 10:52:35

  BRAC Bank Limited in association with Telenor Health organized a healthcare program for the valued customers of the bank’s women banking proposition, TARA.   The country’s r...

Perfectionism in young children may develop OCD risk: Study

Perfectionism in young children may develop OCD risk: Study

-- 2018-07-22 14:29:24

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that young children who possess tendencies toward perfectionism and excessive self-control are twice as likely as other child...

Young US women changing smoking preferences

Young US women changing smoking preferences

-- 2018-07-21 13:00:59

Cigarette use decreased among young women - including pregnant women - during the past decade in the US, according to a new study. But, researchers found, use of marijuana blunts rose. A blunt is a c...

Eye drop to save sight of millions of people

Eye drop to save sight of millions of people

-- 2018-07-20 13:13:40

Scientists at the University of Birmingham in Britain are one step closer to developing drops that can be self-administered to treat an eye condition that causes sight loss in millions of people, it w...

Use of sunscreen reduces skin cancer risk by 40pc: Study

Use of sunscreen reduces skin cancer risk by 40pc: Study

-- 2018-07-19 16:52:14

Young people who regularly use sunscreen reduce their risk of skin cancer by 40 per cent, according to a study by scientists from Australia's University of Sydney released on Thursday. The world-firs...

Free medical camp held in Barishal

Free medical camp held in Barishal

FE Online Desk 2018-07-19 16:03:35

Near about 2000 poor patients received free treatment and necessary medicines at a ‘Free Medical Camp’ at Kangshi Alhaj Adam Ali Dakhil Madrasa Complex under Ujirpur thana of Barisal distr...

Novo Nordisk arranges free medical camp in Comilla

Novo Nordisk arranges free medical camp in Comilla

FE Online Desk 2018-07-19 15:19:58

Novo Nordisk, in association with ‘Comilla Club’ and ‘Bondhu Forum Comilla’, has organised a free medical camp and rally about health awareness, Diabetics & Glaucoma in Com...

Fish oil 'doesn't cut' heart disease risk

Fish oil 'doesn't cut' heart disease risk

-- 2018-07-18 15:04:59

Taking omega-3 fish oil supplements is often touted as a way simple way to protect your heart - but experts say the evidence that it does any good is flimsy at best. UK-based Cochrane researchers loo...

Displaced Ethiopians get much needed medical supplies

Displaced Ethiopians get much needed medical supplies

-- 2018-07-18 14:57:44

The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Monday the provision of medical supplies and drugs that will help treat more than 50,000 internally displaced Ethiopians for three months. According to...

Mass radio campaign saves thousands of child lives in Africa

Mass radio campaign saves thousands of child lives in Africa

-- 2018-07-17 16:49:00

A mass radio campaign in Burkina Faso led to a significant rise in sick children getting medical attention and could prove one of the most cost-effective ways to save young lives in poor countries, re...

SJIBL inks MoU with SingHealth

SJIBL inks MoU with SingHealth

FE Online Desk 2018-07-16 14:41:42

All Card Holders of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited will get Special Service & Discount Facility from Singapore Health Service (SingHealth) by Bangladesh representative MediConsult. In this regard...

Multivitamins do nothing for heart health: Study

Multivitamins do nothing for heart health: Study

Xinhua 2018-07-16 14:41:32

Taking multivitamin and mineral supplements does not prevent heart attacks, strokes or cardiovascular death, according to a new analysis published in the latest issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular...

FDA approves first drug to treat smallpox

FDA approves first drug to treat smallpox

-- 2018-07-15 14:21:33

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved on Friday TPOXX (tecovirimat), the first drug with an indication for treatment of smallpox. Though the World Health Organization declared...

Awareness workshop on Hepatitis-E

Awareness workshop on Hepatitis-E

FE Online Desk 2018-07-15 12:59:11

Robi and Milvik Bangladesh have jointly organised a day-long health awareness workshop on Hepatitis-E. Robi’s mHealth solution, My Health, has teamed up with Milvik Bangladesh to sensitize th...