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Cumilla Medical College Hospital now unfit for purpose

Cumilla Medical College Hospital now unfit for purpose

-- 2019-12-31 15:28:38

Cumilla Medical College Hospital (CMCH) is unable to provide necessary medical services to its patients for lack of manpower and equipment, causing sufferings to low-income people who largely depend o...

74 dengue patients receiving treatment at hospitals

74 dengue patients receiving treatment at hospitals

-- 2019-12-29 16:38:41

Some 74 patients, including 59 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country for dengue. Five dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday. Three...

97 dengue patients receiving treatment at hospitals

97 dengue patients receiving treatment at hospitals

-- 2019-12-25 17:27:35

Some 97 dengue patients, including 63 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country. Among them, 17 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in the last 24 hours t...

US approves new type of drug to treat migraines

US approves new type of drug to treat migraines

-- 2019-12-24 12:33:22

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new drug for the immediate treatment of migraine, a kind of intense and persistent headache, in adults. Ubrelvy tablets are the first drug in...

Old songs can help people with dementia

Old songs can help people with dementia

-- 2019-12-23 15:48:26

TV repeats and familiar festive songs can help people with dementia by stimulating memories and keeping the brain active. Christmas can be an unsettling time for those with dementia. But experts say...

DGFP unveils study report on early pregnancy

DGFP unveils study report on early pregnancy

FE Online Report 2019-12-18 17:40:04

A study report on “Measuring the effectiveness of a pilot intervention on delaying early pregnancy among newlywed couples in B’Baria District” was unveiled on Wednesday in Dhaka. Fa...

Bangladesh slow to act on trans fat

Bangladesh slow to act on trans fat

FE REPORT 2019-12-16 11:33:54

Bangladesh has not done enough to lower the use of industrially produced trans fatty acids (iTFA) used in commercially produced foods to the tolerable level of 2.0 per cent by July 2023 as recommended...

'Artificial trans-fats increase risks of heart diseases'

'Artificial trans-fats increase risks of heart diseases'

-- 2019-12-15 16:57:22

Experts at a discussion on Sunday blamed excessive intake of artificial trans-fats for increasing the risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2-diabetes, saying it is highly dangerous to human health....

Dengue may morph into all-year disease

Dengue may morph into all-year disease

-- 2019-12-15 11:42:13

The outbreak of dengue fever that started in the middle of the year continues with new patients being admitted to hospitals in parts of Bangladesh. The disease may become a new normal, occurring more...

Sri Lanka to fight dengue virus with Wolbachia bacteria

Sri Lanka to fight dengue virus with Wolbachia bacteria

-- 2019-12-12 15:00:54

The Sri Lankan government is to begin trialling a special bacteria as part of a programme to eradicate the dengue virus, local media reports, quoting Health Ministry officials said on Thursday. Deput...

ADB partners with BD to support health care PPP

ADB partners with BD to support health care PPP

-- 2019-12-10 15:08:36

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly promote public-private partnership (PPP) projects in the country&rsqu...

Health experts warn of emerging threat of Nipah virus

Health experts warn of emerging threat of Nipah virus

REUTERS 2019-12-09 10:37:42

A deadly virus called Nipah carried by bats has already caused human outbreaks across South and South East Asia and has “serious epidemic potential”, global health and infectious disease s...

62 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

62 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-12-08 17:10:03

Some 62 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday. Of them, 28 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Heal...

46 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

46 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-12-07 17:17:57

Some 46 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Saturday. Twenty five of them were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General...

WHO decries 'collective failure' as measles kills 140,000

WHO decries 'collective failure' as measles kills 140,000

Reuters 2019-12-06 17:07:48

Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization said o...

Amend law with provision for emotional kidney donors: HC

Amend law with provision for emotional kidney donors: HC

FE REPORT 2019-12-06 12:01:05

The High Court on Thursday directed the government to bring an amendment in six months to the Organ Transplantation Act-1999 (amended in 2018) keeping a provision so that the emotional donors includin...

One in eight people can’t afford nutritious diet in BD: Report

One in eight people can’t afford nutritious diet in BD: Report

-- 2019-12-05 14:15:35

One in eight or more than 21 million people, cannot afford a nutritious diet in Bangladesh, says a new report. Local food culture contributes to overconsumption of rice and nutrient poor foods; and t...

94 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

94 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24hrs

-- 2019-12-01 18:34:07

Some 94 dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Sunday. Among them, 51 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Healt...

World AIDS Day Sunday

World AIDS Day Sunday

-- 2019-11-30 18:05:44

The World Aids Day will be observed across the country as elsewhere in the globe tomorrow (Sunday). The theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is “Communities make the difference”. Pr...

Dusty weather aggravates air pollution in Chattogram

Dusty weather aggravates air pollution in Chattogram

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2019-11-30 11:42:27

Dust-induced air pollution has become a big concern for the port city dwellers with the advent of winter. Aggravation of air pollution due to the dusty weather has caused outbreak of different dise...

Use of antibiotics up in country, so is resistance

Use of antibiotics up in country, so is resistance

FE REPORT 2019-11-28 10:17:13

The consumption of widely used antimicrobial drugs has been increasing at a fast pace in recent years in Bangladesh, according to a research study. The findings of a research study, presented at a fu...

320 children, adolescents die every day from AIDS-related causes

320 children, adolescents die every day from AIDS-related causes

-- 2019-11-27 13:21:18

Some 320 children and adolescents died every day from AIDS-related causes in 2018, or 13 every hour, according to a global snapshot on children, HIV and AIDS released by the UNICEF on Tuesday. Low a...

Prevention is better than cure: Accessibility to clean toilets to fight UTI

Prevention is better than cure: Accessibility to clean toilets to fight UTI

Zisan Bin Liaquat 2019-11-25 13:00:22

  Urinary tract infection (UTI), defined as an infection in any part of the urinary system — kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra, is a leading cause of morbidity in the female populatio...

Malaysia tops choice list of healthcare travellers

Malaysia tops choice list of healthcare travellers

KAMRUN NAHAR 2019-11-23 10:42:47

The number of overseas healthcare travellers to Malaysia has nearly doubled from the level recorded during the period from 2011 to 2018. A top Malaysian official attributed this to the good teamwork...

Thyroid hormone ails 20m in country

Thyroid hormone ails 20m in country

-- 2019-11-22 11:01:58

About 20 million people in the country are facing different physical problems blamed on thyroid hormone and 50 per cent of them are women, speakers said at a conference in the city. They said proper...

'Faulty law' blamed for kidney patients' woes

'Faulty law' blamed for kidney patients' woes

FE REPORT 2019-11-21 10:23:30

Kidney patients can survive longer by having a kidney transplant through an easy process, instead of undergoing dialysis, if the existing organ transplantation law, which is faulty, is amended, expert...

117 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

117 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-11-20 17:29:49

A total of 117 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Wednesday. Among them, 84 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate Ge...

124 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

124 new dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

-- 2019-11-19 17:49:42

A total of 124 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Tuesday. Among them, 47 were hospitalised in Dhaka, the Directorate Gene...

Researchers add tiny nutritive particles into staple food to fight malnutrition

Researchers add tiny nutritive particles into staple food to fight malnutrition

Xinhua 2019-11-16 18:23:46

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed a new strategy to fortify staple food with micronutrients like vitamin A and iron, which can cope with nutrient deficiencies more...

‘Farm Fresh’ begins month-long campaign

‘Farm Fresh’ begins month-long campaign

FE Online Desk 2019-11-13 13:37:02

‘Farm Fresh’, the renowned dairy brand of Akij Food and Beverages Ltd. (AFBL) has started a month-long campaign titled “Khamartheke glass e din e din eiashe” with the promise o...