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60 million people don’t get enough iodine

60 million people don’t get enough iodine

FE Report 2019-04-14 13:11:06

Sixty million people of Bangladesh do not take in enough iodine, resulting in several physio-psychological complexities, including poor intelligence, speakers said on Saturday. Businesses overcharge...

Ebola outbreak not global emergency yet: WHO

Ebola outbreak not global emergency yet: WHO

-- 2019-04-13 13:25:57

The spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The Ebola outbreak is the second biggest in history-infecti...

Three-day diabetes fair begins in city Thursday

Three-day diabetes fair begins in city Thursday

FE Online Report 2019-04-08 15:06:03

A three-day fair on diabetes, the first of its kind in Dhaka city, will kick off on April 11 aiming to create awareness about the polygenic disease among people. The fair will be held at the Krishibi...

Procession for raising awareness about autism

Procession for raising awareness about autism

FE Online Desk 2019-04-06 13:50:00

To increase awareness about autism and establish the right of autistic children, the 12th World Autism Awareness Day was observed in Bangladesh as well as w...

‘Poor quality’ diets kill one in five people: Study

‘Poor quality’ diets kill one in five people: Study

-- 2019-04-04 18:43:39

The food we eat is putting 11 million of us into an early grave each year, an influential study shows. The analysis, in the Lancet, found that our daily diet is a bigger killer than smoking and is no...

Living HIV patient donates kidney for the first time

Living HIV patient donates kidney for the first time

-- 2019-03-29 15:51:23

In a world first, US doctors have transplanted a kidney from one HIV-positive patient to another. The operation took place at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States, with both pati...

Dirty water kills more children than bullets in war

Dirty water kills more children than bullets in war

-- 2019-03-22 21:03:28

Dirty water kills thousands more children living in war zones than bombs or bullets, with children under 15 roughly three times more likely to die due to diarrhoeal diseases than direct violence. Acc...

People don't become adults until their 30s: Scientists

People don't become adults until their 30s: Scientists

-- 2019-03-19 19:40:36

Have you ever been told to "grow up" in your 20s or need an excuse as to why you still find cat videos on the internet really funny? Well now you might have an official reason as to why you're not ac...

Health ministry yet to recognise importance of sleep in human life

Health ministry yet to recognise importance of sleep in human life

Kamrun Nahar 2019-03-19 11:33:08

The health ministry is yet to recognise the importance of sleep in human life despite the fact that sleep disorders may cause serious health problems including hypertension, diabetes, brain stroke a...

Eating mushrooms may prevent memory problems

Eating mushrooms may prevent memory problems

-- 2019-03-17 17:03:06

Eating mushrooms more than twice a week could prevent memory and language problems occurring in the over-60s, research from Singapore suggests. A unique antioxidant present in mushrooms could have a...

Experts for right use of steroid in glaucoma treatment

Experts for right use of steroid in glaucoma treatment

FE Report 2019-03-17 10:18:34

Ophthalmologists at a programme on Saturday suggested more responsible and appropriate use of steroid by physicians in treating eyes so that people can avoid any attack of glaucoma. At present there...

US moves to tighten sales of e-cigarettes

US moves to tighten sales of e-cigarettes

-- 2019-03-16 15:35:58

US health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavoured products in convenience stores, gas stations, pharm...

Three ‘infected’ with Nipah virus in Thakurgaon

Three ‘infected’ with Nipah virus in Thakurgaon

-- 2019-03-15 12:32:13

Three members of a family from Ujarmoni village in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon district are suspected to have been infected with the deadly Nipah Virus which has no vaccine. The victims have bee...

Cardiovascular disease prevalence in China jumps 15pc

Cardiovascular disease prevalence in China jumps 15pc

-- 2019-03-14 15:32:57

Scientists have found that Chinese population with cardiovascular disease increased by nearly 15 per cent from 1990 to 2016, but the overall death rate dropped by nearly 29 per cent. The study showed...

UK patient 'free' of HIV after stem cell treatment

UK patient 'free' of HIV after stem cell treatment

-- 2019-03-05 18:14:27

A UK patient's HIV has become "undetectable" following a stem cell transplant - in only the second case of its kind, doctors report in Nature. The London patient, who was being treated for cancer, ha...

‘Broken heart’ syndrome may originate in brain: Study

‘Broken heart’ syndrome may originate in brain: Study

-- 2019-03-05 13:50:31

A new study has shown for the first time that the brain is involved in the development of a heart condition called Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), also known as ‘broken heart’ syndrome. Researc...

'Tiniest baby boy' leaves Tokyo hospital

'Tiniest baby boy' leaves Tokyo hospital

-- 2019-02-28 15:28:56

A baby boy who weighed just 268g (9.45oz) at birth has been released from hospital in Japan, and is believed to be the smallest boy in the world to have been successfully treated. The baby was born b...

27,244 in Rajshahi adopt permanent birth control method

27,244 in Rajshahi adopt permanent birth control method

-- 2019-02-27 14:05:27

Some 27,244 fertile people including 21,702 women have adopted permanent birth control method in eight districts under Rajshahi division during last one and half years till December last. According t...

Attackers torch Ebola treatment centre in Congo

Attackers torch Ebola treatment centre in Congo

-- 2019-02-26 13:59:37

Attackers set fire to an Ebola treatment centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo late on Sunday, forcing staff to evacuate patients, the charity said. The...

Tobacco health hazards cost Bangladesh $3.6b: Study

Tobacco health hazards cost Bangladesh $3.6b: Study

-- 2019-02-24 13:12:15

Tobacco-related illnesses and deaths are a growing strain on the economy of Bangladesh, the world’s cheapest market for tobacco products, says a new study. The Bangladesh Cancer Society reveale...

'Early marriage a danger for mothers'

'Early marriage a danger for mothers'

-- 2019-02-23 16:46:08

Kashem Mia lives in a remote village Laxmandia in Shilkupa upazila of Shatkhira district along with his wife and three children at a small house. He is struggling to meet his day-to-day expenses as h...

Study shows link between diabetes and back pain

Study shows link between diabetes and back pain

-- 2019-02-23 13:37:14

People with diabetes have a 35-per cent higher risk of experiencing low back pain and a 24-per cent higher risk of having neck pain than those without diabetes, an Australian meta-analyses revealed on...

Change to electronic system cuts UTI test by half: Study

Change to electronic system cuts UTI test by half: Study

-- 2019-02-22 14:30:11

A study of the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis indicates that making a simple change to the electronic system used by doctors to order urine tests can cut by nearly half the numbe...

Gene therapy first to 'halt' blindness

Gene therapy first to 'halt' blindness

-- 2019-02-20 14:02:15

A woman from Oxford has become the first person in the world to have gene therapy to try to halt the most common form of blindness in the Western world. Surgeons injected a synthetic gene into the ba...

China plans to improve oral health of citizens

China plans to improve oral health of citizens

-- 2019-02-18 13:22:35

China will make efforts to reduce sugar intake among both children and adults, in a bid to improve the nation's oral health, according to an action plan recently released by the National Health Commis...

Study reveals that sleep could help fight against infection

Study reveals that sleep could help fight against infection

-- 2019-02-16 14:17:06

Sleep could enhance the target ability of immune cells inside human body to help fight off infection, a recent study said. "This finding shows that sleep has the potential to enhance the efficiency o...

Indonesia to postpone halal label deadline

Indonesia to postpone halal label deadline

-- 2019-02-15 14:31:25

Indonesia will push back by as much as seven years an October deadline for halal labels on food, drugs and cosmetics, after industry voiced fears the move could bring chaos and threaten supplies of li...

Brazil's BRF recalls chicken export products over salmonella fears

Brazil's BRF recalls chicken export products over salmonella fears

-- 2019-02-14 14:49:15

Brazilian food processor BRF SA recalled almost 500 tonnes of fresh chicken products on Wednesday due to salmonella contamination worries, in a move affecting several key export markets in Asia, Afric...

Challenge lies in ensuring healthy diets for all in BD

Challenge lies in ensuring healthy diets for all in BD

FE Report 2019-02-14 10:30:03

Experts have identified several challenges to ensuring healthy diets for all age groups in Bangladesh, including an increase in consumption of healthy foods and a cut in consumption of some processe...

Eating lots of meat might put liver at risk

Eating lots of meat might put liver at risk

-- 2019-02-13 13:28:42

People who eat a lot of animal protein may be more likely to have excessive fat in their livers and a higher risk of liver disease than individuals whose main source of protein is vegetables, a Dutch...