-- 2018-08-04 14:23:00
Regular exposure to even low levels of air pollution may cause changes to the heart similar to those in the early stages of heart failure, experts say. A study of 4,000 people in the UK found those...
-- 2018-08-03 15:36:49
An Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely spread over tens of kilometres and poses a high regional risk given its proximity to borders, a World Health Organization (WHO) offi...
-- 2018-08-02 14:40:38
Australian researchers say for the first time an entire city has been protected from viral disease dengue. Captive-bred mosquitoes with a naturally occurring bacteria were released in the city of Tow...
-- 2018-08-01 13:48:29
The number of people dying from heatwaves is likely to rise sharply in some regions by 2080 if policymakers fail to take mitigating steps in climate and health policies, according to the results of a...
-- 2018-07-31 14:27:44
Scientists from Israeli have developed a method to reduce side effects of drugs, as published Sunday by the Weizmann Institute of Science located in central Israel. The new method is based on separat...
-- 2018-07-29 21:49:47
Nearly 10 million (one crore) people in the country are infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, according to a recent study report. Hepatology Society conducted the study on the Prevale...
-- 2018-07-29 14:48:21
About 500 to 600 disabled people in Myanmar with missing arms or legs will be provided free with artificial limbs under a humanitarian project of the India-Myanmar Development Cooperation, the officia...
-- 2018-07-28 13:24:48
German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer AG disputed accusations in a new Netflix documentary that claims medical device makers and the US Food and Drug Administration place...
-- 2018-07-27 19:18:02
Nearly 10 million people in the country are infected with hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus, said a study report recently. Hepatology Society conducted the study on the Prevalence of hepatitis B...
-- 2018-07-27 13:29:08
Hospitals that switch from paper to electronic health records may eventually see lower death rates than they had before, but a US study also suggests that fatalities may first increase as the transiti...
-- 2018-07-26 21:35:44
Teenagers, and particularly girls, are bearing the brunt of the global AIDS epidemic with around 30 adolescents becoming infected with HIV every hour, according to a report by the United Nations child...
-- 2018-07-26 13:31:24
Israeli researchers have developed a new combination of three drugs to treat lung cancer that resists conventional treatment, according to a research published Wednesday by the Weizmann Institute of S...
FE Online Desk 2018-07-25 13:44:23
The Permanent Global Secretariat of Partners in Population and Development (PPD), an international Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) grouping 26 developing countries, has formally been inaugurated...
-- 2018-07-24 16:54:54
The High Court has asked private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres to display the charges of medical tests and other services in public places. An HC bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice M...
-- 2018-07-24 13:37:27
Authorities in China have ordered an investigation into a vaccination scandal as panic grows over product safety. Last week vaccine maker Changsheng Biotechnology Co was found to have falsified produ...
-- 2018-07-23 15:46:38
A new drug to treat malaria has been given the green light by authorities in the United States. The medicine is specifically for the recurring form of malaria, which makes 8.5 million people ill each...
FE Online Desk 2018-07-23 10:52:35
BRAC Bank Limited in association with Telenor Health organized a healthcare program for the valued customers of the bank’s women banking proposition, TARA. The country’s r...
-- 2018-07-22 14:29:24
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that young children who possess tendencies toward perfectionism and excessive self-control are twice as likely as other child...
-- 2018-07-21 13:00:59
Cigarette use decreased among young women - including pregnant women - during the past decade in the US, according to a new study. But, researchers found, use of marijuana blunts rose. A blunt is a c...
-- 2018-07-20 13:13:40
Scientists at the University of Birmingham in Britain are one step closer to developing drops that can be self-administered to treat an eye condition that causes sight loss in millions of people, it w...
-- 2018-07-19 16:52:14
Young people who regularly use sunscreen reduce their risk of skin cancer by 40 per cent, according to a study by scientists from Australia's University of Sydney released on Thursday. The world-firs...
FE Online Desk 2018-07-19 16:03:35
Near about 2000 poor patients received free treatment and necessary medicines at a ‘Free Medical Camp’ at Kangshi Alhaj Adam Ali Dakhil Madrasa Complex under Ujirpur thana of Barisal distr...
FE Online Desk 2018-07-19 15:19:58
Novo Nordisk, in association with ‘Comilla Club’ and ‘Bondhu Forum Comilla’, has organised a free medical camp and rally about health awareness, Diabetics & Glaucoma in Com...
-- 2018-07-18 15:04:59
Taking omega-3 fish oil supplements is often touted as a way simple way to protect your heart - but experts say the evidence that it does any good is flimsy at best. UK-based Cochrane researchers loo...
-- 2018-07-18 14:57:44
The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Monday the provision of medical supplies and drugs that will help treat more than 50,000 internally displaced Ethiopians for three months. According to...
-- 2018-07-17 16:49:00
A mass radio campaign in Burkina Faso led to a significant rise in sick children getting medical attention and could prove one of the most cost-effective ways to save young lives in poor countries, re...
FE Online Desk 2018-07-16 14:41:42
All Card Holders of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited will get Special Service & Discount Facility from Singapore Health Service (SingHealth) by Bangladesh representative MediConsult. In this regard...
Xinhua 2018-07-16 14:41:32
Taking multivitamin and mineral supplements does not prevent heart attacks, strokes or cardiovascular death, according to a new analysis published in the latest issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular...
-- 2018-07-15 14:21:33
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved on Friday TPOXX (tecovirimat), the first drug with an indication for treatment of smallpox. Though the World Health Organization declared...
FE Online Desk 2018-07-15 12:59:11
Robi and Milvik Bangladesh have jointly organised a day-long health awareness workshop on Hepatitis-E. Robi’s mHealth solution, My Health, has teamed up with Milvik Bangladesh to sensitize th...
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