-- 2019-06-15 17:20:59
Renowned Indian cardiac surgeon Devi Shetty has inaugurated a 375-bed hospital in Chattogram. Shetty, the founder of the Narayana Health in India, launched the Imperial Hospital on Saturday. The new...
-- 2019-06-12 17:29:10
Plastic pollution is so widespread in the environment that you may be ingesting five grams a week, the equivalent of eating a credit card, a study commissioned by the environmental charity WWF Interna...
Greg Foot, BBC 2019-06-08 18:43:20
As our global population continues to rise, some estimates suggest it could reach a whopping 10 billion people by 2050. To feed that many people, we will need to produce record quantities of food. Th...
-- 2019-06-06 17:39:33
India has put more than 300 people under surveillance after a 23-year-old man was diagnosed with the Nipah virus, a rare and often deadly disease. Authorities in the southern Indian state of Kerala s...
-- 2019-06-04 16:11:32
The deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus has resurfaced in the southern Indian state of Kerala a year after it killed 17 people, state officials said on Tuesday. A 23-year-old student tested positive fo...
-- 2019-06-04 15:55:46
A "pumping" patch containing millions of living, beating stem cells could help repair the damage caused by a heart attack, according to researchers. Sewn on to the heart, the 3cm (1in) by 2cm patch,...
-- 2019-06-03 20:12:44
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd on Monday urged governments to take bold action to beat air pollution, improve health, address climate change and fulfil their huma...
-- 2019-05-30 16:59:44
Transgender health issues will no longer be classified as mental and behavioural disorders under big changes to the World Health Organization's global manual of diagnoses. The newly-approved version...
-- 2019-05-30 16:25:53
Hydraulic horn is one of the immeasurable means of sound pollution that causes serious health problems, especially to the children, said former Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical Univ...
FE Online Report 2019-05-29 18:18:50
As many as 480,000 people die annually in the country from non-communicable diseases (NCDs), a study has found. Major NCDs include diabetes, kidney failure, stroke, heart attack and cancer. Over 8.0...
-- 2019-05-28 12:51:31
Scientists have uncovered an evolutionary paradox where men damage their ability to have children during efforts to make themselves look more attractive. Taking steroids to get a buff physique or ant...
-- 2019-05-21 20:33:43
Eleven million deaths worldwide in 2017 were linked to people eating poor diets high in sugar, salt and processed meat that contributed to heart disease, cancer and diabetes, a global study found. Th...
-- 2019-05-19 18:17:34
The 72nd World Health Assembly is going to start on Monday with an aim to overcome barriers to ensure universal health coverage of the mankind across the world. Swiss President Ueli Maurer will inaug...
FE Report 2019-05-19 10:30:00
Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar said on Saturday misconception about radiation exposure to humans and environment from mobile phone handset and mobile netw...
FE Online Report 2019-05-17 17:34:05
More than 20 million babies were born with a low birthweight (less than 2500g; 5.5 pounds) in 2015—around one in seven of all births worldwide, according to a study. Almost three-quarters of th...
-- 2019-05-13 17:12:02
icddr,b in collaboration with Eyes For All PLC, United Arab Emirates and DIAGNOS Inc, Canada on Monday launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology for the detection of diabetic retinopat...
-- 2019-05-11 17:06:39
The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) and other major health facilities in the capital have already admitted hundreds with heat-related syndromes as excessivel...
-- 2019-05-08 20:24:38
Health experts at a post rally discussion on Wednesday stressed inspiring youths to conduct electrophoresis blood tests before getting married to prevent the genetically inherited disease of thalassem...
-- 2019-05-07 21:37:25
More than 34,000 people across Europe caught measles in the first two months of 2019, with the vast majority of cases in Ukraine, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday as it urged authorities...
-- 2019-05-06 18:38:01
Speakers at programme here have underscored the need for increased investment in nursing and midwifery professions as these are playing a key role in achieving ‘health for all’ in the coun...
-- 2019-05-05 18:56:48
Leonardo da Vinci could have experienced nerve damage in a fall, impeding his ability to paint in later life, Italian doctors suggest. They diagnosed ulnar palsy, or "claw hand", by analysing the dep...
-- 2019-05-04 19:23:20
The International Day of the Midwife (IDM) 2019 will be observed in the country on Sunday as elsewhere in the world. The day is being observed as a mark of recognition to the contribution of midwives...
Md Jahangir Alam 2019-04-27 22:28:39
The prevalence of Jaundice (from Hepatitis E virus) may lead to an alarming level unless safe drinking water is ensured for all. Leading hepatologists of the country came up with the observation at a...
FE Online Report 2019-04-25 14:11:23
The third edition of ‘Nutrition Olympiad’ will be held in Dhaka city on Saturday aiming to promote healthy diet and nutrition in the country. The day-long programme at the Bangabandhu Int...
-- 2019-04-23 21:32:46
A large-scale trial of what has been called the world's first malaria vaccine to give partial protection to children is due to start in Malawi, reports BBC. The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system...
-- 2019-04-20 09:34:30
Families may be spending the highest amount from their pockets for caesarian section deliveries among different child delivery-related expenses in Bangladesh, said a recent icddr,b analysis. C-sectio...
-- 2019-04-18 13:59:09
US scientists say they used HIV to make a gene therapy that cured eight infants of severe combined immunodeficiency, or ‘bubble boy’ disease. Results of the research, developed at a Tenne...
-- 2019-04-17 18:02:48
The World Health Organization(WHO) on Wednesday released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and computers, to improv...
Jasim Uddin Haroon 2019-04-16 11:24:54
Life firms' underwriting guidelines need to be reformed due to the country's rapidly growing life expectancy, according to a study. The paper presented at a seminar in the city last week said such re...
-- 2019-04-14 20:31:04
India has shortage of an estimated 0.60 million doctors and 2.0 million nurses, according to the report by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP). The scientists also found t...
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