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Mongolia sees rise in HIV case

Mongolia sees rise in HIV case

-- 2018-04-14 12:43:12

The number of people testing HIV positive in Mongolia rose to 255 after three new cases were registered in the first quarter of this year, the National Statistical Office said in a report Friday. Mor...

Brain pacemaker brings hope to Parkinson's patients

Brain pacemaker brings hope to Parkinson's patients

-- 2018-04-13 15:19:51

Nearly 10,000 Chinese patients have received deep brain stimulation surgery since the first China-made brain pacemaker was implanted in a patient's brain in November 2009. "Deep brain stimulation sur...

Exercise 'benefits next generation'

Exercise 'benefits next generation'

-- 2018-04-12 14:23:23

Physical and mental exercise has been found to be beneficial for our brains, but scientists have now found it could also improve the learning ability of our children. In a mouse study, researchers fo...

RHMC, RCHS mark Hahnemann’s 263rd birthday

RHMC, RCHS mark Hahnemann’s 263rd birthday

-- 2018-04-11 14:14:12

Homeopathic physicians at a discussion in Rangpur have said Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann would be remembered ceaselessly for inventing the homeopathy treatment system (HTS) to serve humanit...

BSMMU gets Paediatric Neurodisorder and Autism Institute

BSMMU gets Paediatric Neurodisorder and Autism Institute

-- 2018-04-10 20:06:22

The University Grant Commission (UGC) has approved the ‘Establishment of Institute of Paediatric Neurodisorder and Autism (IPNA)’ as a full-fledged institute. With this approval, it becom...

Number of diarrhoea patients at icddr,b hits new high

Number of diarrhoea patients at icddr,b hits new high

FE Report 2018-04-10 00:10:58

The number of diarrhoea patients, rushing everyday to International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) during the last one week, has hit new record in the recent years, creat...

HC issues rule over professional behaviour of intern physicians

HC issues rule over professional behaviour of intern physicians

-- 2018-04-09 19:15:19

The High Court has issued a rule over applying Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council Act -2010 to ensure professional behaviour of intern physicians. The HC also asked on Monday the government to exp...

UK starts taxing soft drinks

UK starts taxing soft drinks

-- 2018-04-08 15:06:43

The "ground-breaking" sugar tax on soft drinks has come into force in the UK. From Friday manufacturers have to pay a levy on the high-sugar drinks they sell. Ministers and campaigners believe it ha...

Call to bring all people under health coverage

Call to bring all people under health coverage

-- 2018-04-07 16:04:54

Speakers at a post-rally discussion in Rajshahi on Saturday unequivocally called for bringing all people under health coverage for their betterment. They mentioned access to getting health services i...

Money ideal for health ministry goes elsewhere

Money ideal for health ministry goes elsewhere

Kamrun Nahar 2018-04-07 09:34:35

The government has been allocating resources for health to 16 other ministries even as the core ministry responsible for overall health outcome struggles to find money. Health experts suggested integ...

World Health Day Saturday

World Health Day Saturday

-- 2018-04-06 17:59:30

The World Health Day will be observed in the country as elsewhere in the world in a befitting manner on Saturday. The day is going to be celebrated this year with theme of "Universal health coverage:...

JPM, Amazon, Berkshire join to improve healthcare

JPM, Amazon, Berkshire join to improve healthcare

-- 2018-04-06 14:09:14

JPMorgan Chase & Co, Amazon.com Inc., and Berkshire Hathaway will focus on the biggest health issues threatening the US economy in their new joint venture, including aligning healthcare payments w...

Doctor ‘used his sperm’ to impregnate woman

Doctor ‘used his sperm’ to impregnate woman

-- 2018-04-05 13:58:01

A US woman is suing her parents' former fertility doctor after claiming her DNA test results showed he secretly used his own sperm to help conceive her. Kelli Rowlette sent a DNA sample to genealogy...

Nasim stresses quality of drugs

Nasim stresses quality of drugs

-- 2018-04-04 21:55:29

Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammed Nasim on Wednesday said the government will not compromise with the quality of medicine. "Stern action will be taken if anyone found guilty in compromising...

Smartphone app might offer new way to measure blood flow

Smartphone app might offer new way to measure blood flow

-- 2018-04-04 15:24:24

An experimental smartphone app might be an effective alternative to a traditional method of assessing circulation in people who need surgery to restore normal blood flow to the heart, a small study su...

‘Bangladesh top primary healthcare provider’

‘Bangladesh top primary healthcare provider’

-- 2018-04-03 12:54:49

The Regional Director for Southeast Asia of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh has observed that community ownership in primary healthcare system made Bangladesh one of the...

10pc Bangladeshis are autistic: Menon

10pc Bangladeshis are autistic: Menon

-- 2018-04-01 18:51:21

At least 10 per cent people in the country are victims of autism, said Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Sunday.   The minister came up with the remarks at a press on the eve of 11th...

Scientists find how bacteria bind to its human host tightly

Scientists find how bacteria bind to its human host tightly

-- 2018-04-01 13:42:46

German scientists have identified the physical mechanism that enables a widespread bacterial pathogen to adhere tightly to the tissues of its human host, laying foundation for developing novel therapi...

Starbucks must put cancer warning on coffee: Judge

Starbucks must put cancer warning on coffee: Judge

-- 2018-03-31 13:19:39

Starbucks Corp and other coffee sellers must put a cancer warning on coffee sold in California, a Los Angeles judge has ruled, possibly exposing the companies to millions of dollars in fines. A littl...

Nasim asks doctors to reach healthcare services to rural people

Nasim asks doctors to reach healthcare services to rural people

-- 2018-03-30 11:47:17

Health and Family Welfare Minister Muhammed Nasim in Rajshahi called upon the doctors and others concerned to perform their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty to reach healthcare services to the...

Fresenius partners with adventurer to raise awareness on kidney disease

Fresenius partners with adventurer to raise awareness on kidney disease

FE Online Desk 2018-03-29 14:08:37

Fresenius Medical Care, the world's largest provider of dialysis products and services, has parnered with extreme adventurer David Grier with a view to raising awareness of kidney health and chronic k...

Antibody removes Alzheimer's plaques in mice

Antibody removes Alzheimer's plaques in mice

-- 2018-03-29 13:09:23

An antibody not only targets APOE, an Alzheimer's protein, but also sweeps away amyloid plaques, characteristic symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, US researchers found. In order to find out whether the...

Pregnancy stress can change baby's brain connectivity: Study

Pregnancy stress can change baby's brain connectivity: Study

-- 2018-03-27 15:16:37

New evidence from fetal brain scans has shown that a mother's stress during pregnancy can change the neural connectivity in the brain of her unborn child, potentially affecting the baby's brain functi...

Cholera outbreak claims nine lives in Nigeria

Cholera outbreak claims nine lives in Nigeria

-- 2018-03-25 13:56:46

Nine deaths have been recorded following a cholera outbreak in Nigeria's northeastern state of Bauchi, local authorities confirmed. A total of 324 cases of cholera have been confirmed so far across f...

Unilever's  Pureit takes up initiatives to ensure safe drinking water

Unilever's Pureit takes up initiatives to ensure safe drinking water

FE Online Desk 2018-03-24 11:41:35

Unilever and UNDP have made a partnership to provide pure water to commoners. Through the partnership having officially set off in February this year, the multinational consumer goods company and the...

Woman dies after taking Gwyneth Paltrow-backed bee therapy

Woman dies after taking Gwyneth Paltrow-backed bee therapy

-- 2018-03-23 20:38:34

A woman has died after undergoing bee-sting therapy, a form of treatment backed by actress Gwyneth Paltrow. The 55-year-old Spanish woman had been having live bee acupuncture for two years when she d...

E-cigarettes tied to less smoking cessation

E-cigarettes tied to less smoking cessation

-- 2018-03-23 14:31:47

Smokers who also use e-cigarettes may be half as likely to give up tobacco as smokers who never vape at all, a European study suggests. Even when smokers only occasionally experimented with vaping, t...

80pc MDR TB patients remain undiagnosed: Experts

80pc MDR TB patients remain undiagnosed: Experts

-- 2018-03-22 20:35:36

The control of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR TB) remains a major challenge as estimated 80 per cent of its patients remain undiagnosed, experts say.  Speakers revealed the information at a press...

Scientists develop brain scanner in a helmet

Scientists develop brain scanner in a helmet

-- 2018-03-22 13:23:22

British scientists have developed a lightweight and highly sensitive brain imaging device that can be worn as a helmet, allowing the patient to move about naturally. Results from tests of the scanner...

Netherlands extends support to WFP for fortifying rice in BD

Netherlands extends support to WFP for fortifying rice in BD

-- 2018-03-21 17:11:30

The United Nations World Food programme (WFP) has received a contribution of US$800,000 from the Netherlands embassy in Bangladesh.  The money will be spent to scale up an initiative on rice for...