-- 2019-01-12 13:25:08
At least $14 billion is needed to accelerate the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and quell stubborn epidemics that still kill millions, the head of a global health fund said on Friday. A...
-- 2019-01-11 13:45:49
Video games are compelling, but does playing them too much constitute a medical condition? The gaming industry is trying to avoid “gaming disorder” becoming a formally recognised ailment....
-- 2019-01-10 14:53:27
Even when babies are born “full term,” those who spend fewer weeks in the womb may still be less likely to earn a college degree and get a high-paying job, a large study suggests. In the...
-- 2019-01-09 13:11:05
Studying mice genetically modified to mimic the genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) that is associated with sleep problems, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Lo...
-- 2019-01-08 14:36:27
Researchers have discovered that they could use two biomarkers to identify a heart condition known as atrial fibrillation in patients who have three "clinical risks", according to a study released on...
-- 2019-01-08 00:37:38
A recent international study found that drinking green tea was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in Chinese adults, reports Xinhua. A total of 119,373 participants from the Shangha...
-- 2019-01-06 14:44:16
Chinese researchers have taken a major step forward in developing a new-generation vaccine that has the potential to protect against almost all of the most potentially lethal forms of human papilloma...
-- 2019-01-05 14:07:31
Veterinary scientists and researchers in Rajshahi on Friday urged the service providers to reach the livestock related necessary services to the grassroots growers for boosting the animal resources, p...
-- 2019-01-04 13:14:51
Teenage girls are twice as likely as boys to show depressive symptoms linked to social media use - mainly due to online harassment and disturbed sleep, as well as poor body image and lower self-esteem...
-- 2019-01-03 13:44:52
Scientists from University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) on the western US coast have invented a wireless controlled neurostimulator that could provide fine-tuned treatments to patients with d...
-- 2019-01-02 14:50:22
Five new more departments are going to be added to the Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) for boosting its services. The new departments are: Casualty, Endocrine Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surg...
-- 2019-01-01 17:29:05
An estimated 8,428 babies will be born in Bangladesh on the New Year’s Day, Unicef said on Tuesday. Bangladeshi babies will account for 2.13 per cent of the estimated 395,072 babies to be born...
-- 2019-01-01 14:41:50
Poor lighting often gets overlooked in the workplace, as we talk about mental health and well-being, and the focus is firmly on creating happier and healthier workplaces. But bad lighting is associate...
-- 2018-12-31 12:21:44
A total of 2,826 people died as a result of infectious diseases in China in November, according to statistics released by the National Health Commission. There were 636,722 cases of infectious diseas...
-- 2018-12-30 13:29:26
People who live in neighbourhoods with more green spaces may have less stress, healthier blood vessels and a lower risk of heart attacks and strokes than residents of communities without many outdoor...
Agencies 2018-12-29 15:07:21
A US woman has given birth to a whopping 6.7 kilograms baby boy. Ali James Medlock was born on December 12 in Texas, weighing 6.7 kilograms (14 pounds and 13 ounces) breaking Arlington Memorial Hospi...
-- 2018-12-28 13:40:58
Genia Sarkar, a 40-year-old, runs her family with her husband and two daughters. But her mood remains always pettish. Her elder daughter was born blind and she spends most of the day with her daughte...
-- 2018-12-27 14:59:24
The Russian government on Wednesday approved a draft bill allowing the country to produce crops used in medicinal narcotics, saying this would reduce its dependence on foreign states that have imposed...
-- 2018-12-26 13:24:18
Scientists in Cambridge have built a virtual reality (VR) 3D model of cancer, providing a new way to look at the disease. The tumour sample, taken from a patient, can be studied in detail and from al...
-- 2018-12-25 13:55:51
China has reported two new cases of African swine fever outbreak in two of its provinces. China’s agriculture ministry on Tuesday reported a new outbreak of African swine fever in the city of...
-- 2018-12-23 13:38:16
A total of 117 new medicines developed by Chinese researchers have been certified thanks to support from a major national project, a health official said Saturday. Yu Jingjin, in charge of pharmaceut...
-- 2018-12-22 13:39:00
The United States has agreed to help South Korea send flu medication to North Korea, a South Korean official said on Friday, after the United States said it would help deliver aid to the North despite...
-- 2018-12-21 13:17:53
A South African jazz musician who played his guitar during brain surgery is making a successful recovery. Musa Manzini was kept awake during the six-hour operation partly to preserve and restore his...
-- 2018-12-20 12:46:05
Researchers looked at antibiotic-resistant bacteria populations in farmed broiler chickens, free-range backyard chickens and children in remote northwestern Ecuador, and found that a gene associated w...
-- 2018-12-19 14:34:40
A baby on a small Pacific island has become the first person given a vaccine delivered by a commercial drone. Unicef arranged for the drone to be flown some 40km (25 miles) across rugged mountains in...
-- 2018-12-18 11:45:08
Gently stroking a baby reduces activity in their brain associated with painful experiences, a study has found. The study, by University of Oxford and Liverpool John Moores University, monitored the b...
-- 2018-12-17 13:56:56
Diets all over the world are lacking vitamins and minerals essential for healthy growth, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) found. An analysis of global diets, r...
-- 2018-12-16 12:31:47
Researchers from America and China have developed a new type of adhesive that can attach and painlessly detach wound dressings, skin drug delivery devices and wearable robotics. The study published i...
-- 2018-12-15 17:49:03
Bangladesh has "outperformed" its many South Asian neighbours in health-related achievements, "convincingly defying the expert view" that economic strength and abundant health resources are the key dr...
-- 2018-12-15 14:09:22
A baby girl who was diagnosed with Ebola when she was only six days old has survived, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have confirmed. Baby Benedicte's mother was infected wit...
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