Loading...
The Financial Express

Search results for: health

DDWS organises free eye medical camps

DDWS organises free eye medical camps

FE Online Desk 2017-11-25 12:41:26

Dwarka Das Welfare Society (DDWS), in association with Bashundhara Eye Hospital & Research Institute and Vision Care, has organised free eye medical camps at its women college auditorium in Kushti...

China not allow head transplant

China not allow head transplant

-- 2017-11-25 12:00:00

A former vice-minister of health dismissed the possibility of clinical trials in China involving a human head transplant.“An experiment done in China had severely violated ethical rules, he adde...

Canada allocates $35m for BD women’s healthcare

Canada allocates $35m for BD women’s healthcare

-- 2017-11-24 06:51:10

Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Marie-Claude Bibea has announced a $35 million initiative to improve awareness of and access to sexual and reproductive health and ri...

Three cups of coffees benefit health: Study

Three cups of coffees benefit health: Study

Reuters 2017-11-23 12:00:00

People who drink three to four cups of coffee a day are more likely to see health benefits than harm, experiencing lower risks of premature death and heart disease than those who abstain, scientists s...

HIV infected Rohingyas now stand at 83

HIV infected Rohingyas now stand at 83

-- 2017-11-23 12:00:00

A total of 83 HIV-infected Rohingya patients were traced in Cox's Bazar, said Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Thursday. "Of them, 29 are males, 41 females and seven are boy children six and are gi...

How to keep blood sugar levels normal and stable

How to keep blood sugar levels normal and stable

-- 2017-11-22 12:00:00

Diabetic patients will be relieved to know that they need not totally remove their favourite foods from their to-eat list.There are a few ways to achieve normal and stable blood sugar ¬levels. Die...

Cancer survivors often live with post-traumatic stress disorder

Cancer survivors often live with post-traumatic stress disorder

-- 2017-11-22 05:55:31

Cancer patients may often experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the months after their tumors are diagnosed, and mental health issues can sometimes linger for years, a Malaysian study su...

Obese women at ‘larger’ breast cancer risk

Obese women at ‘larger’ breast cancer risk

BBC 2017-11-22 01:12:09

Cancerous breast lumps are less likely to be detected in overweight or obese women before the tumour becomes large, a Swedish study has found. These women may need more frequent mammograms to help sp...

Countess of Wessex visits Bangladeshi eye hospitals

Countess of Wessex visits Bangladeshi eye hospitals

FE Online Desk 2017-11-21 12:00:00

Sophie , Countess of Wessex, has come on a solo trip to Bangladesh to visit Ispahani Islamia Eye Institute and Hospital in the capital. She unveiled a plaque commemorating her visit to the hospital....

21m people living with HIV on treatment: UNAIDS

21m people living with HIV on treatment: UNAIDS

Xinhua 2017-11-21 12:00:00

Remarkable progress has been made on HIV treatment over the past 15 years, with about 57 percent of all the people worldwide living with HIV currently on treatment, according to UNAIDS' latest data on...

7m Bangladeshis vulnerable to blindness from diabetics     

7m Bangladeshis vulnerable to blindness from diabetics     

-- 2017-11-21 08:36:59

An international expert has warned that all diabetics are vulnerable to blindness. They also noted that seven to 10 per cent of Bangladesh's population are currently suffering from diabetes. "Now ab...

Study links to teens’ health problems with early childhood adversities

Study links to teens’ health problems with early childhood adversities

-- 2017-11-21 07:36:48

A pathway in the brain seems to link exposure to adverse experiences during early childhood to depression and problems with physical health in teens and preteens, researchers at Washington University...

Oncologists advise about alcohol

Oncologists advise about alcohol

-- 2017-11-21 07:11:06

A recent survey of 4,016 adults by the American Society of Clinical Oncology found that only 30 per cent knew alcohol is a risk factor for cancer. Name things that increase your risk of cancer. Cigar...

Study says flexibility, heart of human intelligence

Study says flexibility, heart of human intelligence

-- 2017-11-21 06:55:26

Brain's dynamic properties, how it is wired and also how that wiring shifts in response to changing intellectual demands, are the best predictors of intelligence in the human brain, a study of the Uni...

Sleeping position linked to stillbirth risk: Study

Sleeping position linked to stillbirth risk: Study

BBC 2017-11-20 12:00:00

Women are being advised to sleep on their side in the last three months of pregnancy to help prevent stillbirth. A study of just over 1,000 women found the risk doubles if women go to sleep on their...

Dog owners have less heart disease: Study

Dog owners have less heart disease: Study

-- 2017-11-20 06:49:40

Dog owners have a low risk of developing cardiovascular diseases that further enables them to reduce the risk of mortality, a new research confirmed. The study, published in the journal Scientific Re...

Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer key:  Experts

Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer key: Experts

Xinhua 2017-11-19 12:00:00

Early detection of pancreatic cancer is key in giving patients the best possible outcome, experts from the Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Medical University of Vienna and the Vienna General Hospit...

Prime Bank inks deal with Bangladesh Specialized Hospital

Prime Bank inks deal with Bangladesh Specialized Hospital

FE Online Desk 2017-11-19 11:44:05

Prime Bank recently signed an agreement with Bangladesh Specialized Hospital Limited, said a statement. Head of Sales & Collection of Consumer Banking Division of Prime Bank Mamur Ahmed and Man...

Giving birth on due date 'less risky'

Giving birth on due date 'less risky'

BBC 2017-11-16 10:59:56

Stillbirth and newborn death risk could be reduced by offering more pregnant women the chance to give birth on their due date, experts believe. Currently, women who are overdue but well are often giv...

Liver test to aid paracetamol overdose treatment

Liver test to aid paracetamol overdose treatment

BBC 2017-11-15 12:00:00

People who overdose on paracetamol could be helped by a blood test that shows immediately if they are going to suffer liver damage. Researchers in Edinburgh and Liverpool said the test would help doc...

World Diabetes Day being observed

World Diabetes Day being observed

-- 2017-11-14 12:24:38

World Diabetes Day is being observed today in the country as elsewhere around the world in a befitting manner to create awareness about diabetes among millions of people worldwide.  This year, t...

Researchers likely to find a way to keep young

Researchers likely to find a way to keep young

-- 2017-11-14 12:00:00

Thinking that time is the most valuable thing in the world , researchers have been investigating for long time keeping in their heads that how people keep young . At last they have been able to find a...

Novo Nordisk launches nationwide diabetes awareness campaign

Novo Nordisk launches nationwide diabetes awareness campaign

-- 2017-11-14 11:57:17

World Diabetes Day was observed in the country on Tuesday with a view to raising awareness and promoting early diagnosis to prevent this non-communicable disease. To mark the day, insulin market gian...

Common myths about diabetes

Common myths about diabetes

-- 2017-11-14 08:42:15

Diabetes is a group of metabolic syndromes in which there are high blood sugar levels over a lengthy period. There are two types of diabetes. Type 1 is caused by the immune system destroying the cell...

Drivers need compulsory eye tests

Drivers need compulsory eye tests

-- 2017-11-14 05:09:08

Drivers should have compulsory eye tests every 10 years, the Association of Optometrists has said. One in three optometrists say they have seen patients in the last month who continue to drive with v...

Women less likely to receive CPR : Study

Women less likely to receive CPR : Study

AP 2017-11-13 11:28:03

Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman’s chest might be one reason. Only 39 p...

Alcohol kills new brain cells: Study

Alcohol kills new brain cells: Study

Xinhua 2017-11-12 11:45:20

Frequent alcohol drinking kills new cells in key brain regions, with females being more vulnerable, a new study on mice said Thursday. Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) a...

Massive awareness campaign on diabetes

Massive awareness campaign on diabetes

FE Online Desk 2017-11-12 01:18:37

Novo Nordisk in partnership with Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB) and Padma Textiles Ltd recently launched a countrywide massive awareness building activity leading to the World Diabetes Day (...

Breast cancer ‘can return 15 years after treatment’

Breast cancer ‘can return 15 years after treatment’

BBC 2017-11-11 12:00:00

Breast cancer can resurface after remaining dormant for 15 years following successful treatment, a study has found. Women with large tumours and cancer that had spread to the lymph nodes had the high...

48 seconds for a patient on average!

48 seconds for a patient on average!

FE Online Desk 2017-11-10 12:00:00

Physicians in Bangladesh see patients for merely 48 seconds on average, according to a global study published in online British medical journal BMJ Open. "Little can be achieved in less than 5 minute...