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EU recommends second Covid booster for over-60s

-- 2022-07-11 16:24:10

European Union health agencies on Monday recommended a second Covid-19 booster for everyone above 60 amid a new rise in infections and hospitalisations across Europe. While the existing coronavirus v...

New omicron subvariant found in China 

-- 2022-07-10 18:56:53

The city of Shanghai has discovered a Covid-19 case involving a new subvariant omicron BA.5.2.1, an official told a briefing on Sunday, signalling the complications China faces to keep up with new mut...

Hair loss: You might be dealing with your hair wrongly

Mahia Afrin 2022-07-09 03:47:30

Hair is an ornamental part of our body. Hair is mainly composed of a tough protein called Keratin.  Many of us are dealing with massive hair loss, hair breakage, thin hair, and split ends. First...

Getting through the Eid day in a healthy way

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-07-09 02:59:05

It’s the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha when capable Muslims around the world sacrifice an animal and distribute a large portion of the meat to relatives, neighbours and people in need. This is the day...

Osteoporosis: Warning signs and how to manage it

DR IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-07-06 17:33:02

Like any other living tissue, bones decay with age. Sometimes it may happen pathologically due to diseases or medications. Whatever the reason is, a decaying bone is weak and prone to fracture. This c...

Foods rich in calcium, phosphorus strengthen teeth

DR IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-07-04 20:06:28

Maintaining oral health requires a balanced diet consisting of a variety of food elements. A lack of certain vitamins and minerals can seriously impair the integrity of our teeth, so foods should be c...

Unnecessary C-sections rampant for lax monitoring

SM NAJMUS SAKIB 2022-07-04 08:46:00

Unnecessary caesarean sections have reached peak because of the unhealthy profit-making trend in the country's health sector and an apparent inaction of health authorities to establish transparency an...

Health Bondhu arranges conference on creating digital healthcare ecosystem

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-07-03 12:30:24

Health Bondhu, a digital healthcare aggregator platform, arranged a conference on creating digital healthcare ecosystem for the first time at Gulshan Shooting Club in the capital on Friday. The inaug...

Monkeypox symptoms differ from previous outbreaks: UK study

-- 2022-07-02 18:17:56

Patients with monkeypox in the UK have noticeably different symptoms from those seen in previous outbreaks, according to researchers in London, raising concerns cases are being missed. Patients repor...

Pfizer-BioNTech to start testing universal vaccine for coronaviruses

-- 2022-06-30 11:24:51

Germany's BioNTech, Pfizer's partner in Covid-19 vaccines, said the two companies would start tests on humans of next-generation shots that protect against a wide variety of coronaviruses in the secon...

Focus on creating cataract awareness

FE REPORT 2022-06-30 11:18:21

There is a dearth of adequate number of ophthalmologists to provide treatment to the cataract patients in the country, speakers at a programme in the city on Wednesday said. They also said the countr...

The pain of gout: A disease that never goes away

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-06-29 16:42:06

Let us recall the experience of British physician Thomas Sydenham who lived in the seventeenth century. He was suffering from gout. One night, in his own description, he suddenly woke up from sleep w...

Monkeypox case count rises to more than 3,400 globally, WHO says

-- 2022-06-28 17:25:08

More than 3,400 confirmed monkeypox cases and one death were reported to the World Health Organisation as of last Wednesday, with a majority of them from Europe, the agency said in an update on Monday...

Cholera vaccination campaign for 2.4m children inaugurated in city

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-26 20:06:29

Oral cholera vaccination campaign for 2.4 million residents in the city has been inaugurated on Sunday in order to protect people from the outbreaks of deadly diarrhoea disease. Health and Family Wel...

Residents in five areas of Dhaka will receive oral cholera vaccine from Sunday

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-26 19:48:50

Some 2.4 million residents living in five areas of Dhaka city will receive the oral cholera vaccine from Sunday. Health minister Zahid Maleque inaugurated the country’s largest-ever oral choler...

WHO says monkeypox is not yet a health emergency

-- 2022-06-26 13:34:26

Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organisation (WHO) ruled on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the...

Colour blindness: What it is and how to manage

Dr IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-06-25 15:22:07

One of the common eye disorders is colour blindness. This refers to the inability to identify the difference between some colours. A more accurate name is deficient colour vision. It is also called D...

Next Covid booster shots likely to be updated for omicron

-- 2022-06-24 17:44:21

Covid-19 vaccines this fall are likely to be based on the omicron variant of the coronavirus rather than the original strain, although some experts suggest they may only offer significant benefits for...

Sanofi says its Covid vaccine candidate yields positive trial data

-- 2022-06-24 13:30:08

Sanofi's Covid-19 vaccine candidate, which is modelled on the virus's Beta antigen, delivered 72 per cent efficacy in adults against the Omicron strain, the French drugmaker said on Friday, citing dat...

Healthy ways to gain weight for underweight people

DR IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-06-23 11:58:55

While being overweight is a health concern, not having enough weight is a hazard too. Many people, in their zeal to lose weight, go overboard and become skeletal; this is completely inadvisable. Check...

Researchers detect new omicron sub-variant in Bangladesh

FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-06-21 18:42:47

Researchers on Tuesday detected a new Omicron sub-variant in the country named BA.4/5 in the bodies of two Bangladeshi men at the Genome Center of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST)....

Threat of hypertension in young people

DR IMTIAZ AHMED 2022-06-21 12:11:20

High blood pressure, commonly known as hypertension (HTN), is highly prevalent. It is often called the ‘Silent Killer,’ since it may go unrecognised until some other serious conditions roo...

Internet Explorer gravestone goes viral

-- 2022-06-18 10:41:12

For Jung Ki-young, a South Korean software engineer, Microsoft Corp's decision to retire its Internet Explorer web browser marked the end of a quarter-century love-hate relationship with the technolog...

FDA authorises first Covid-19 shots for infants, preschoolers

-- 2022-06-17 20:52:54

US regulators on Friday authorised the first Covid-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week. The Food and Drug Administration's action follows its adv...

Omicron less likely to cause long Covid, says study

-- 2022-06-17 12:27:31

The omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause long Covid than previous variants, according to the first peer-reviewed study of its kind from the United Kingdom. Researchers at King's Col...

Increased health allocation can help cut out-of-pocket spending

FE REPORT 2022-06-17 09:41:14

An increase in budgetary allocation for the country's healthcare sector could help people cut their out-of-pocket expenditure, former Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman suggested on Thursday....

Management of Tonsillitis

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-06-15 17:35:05

There are two small glands on either side of the back of our throat called tonsils. Tonsils produce antibodies and serve as one of the first lines of defence against many germs. When these tonsils get...

BSMMU introduces genetic defect test to prevent autism

FE Online Report 2022-06-14 20:13:55

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has introduced the facility to examine chromosomal or genetic defects in fetuses during pregnancy for the first time ever in the country to detect a...

Air pollution cuts life expectancy by over two years: study

-- 2022-06-14 18:22:30

Chronic air pollution cuts average global life expectancy by more than two years per person, a study published on Tuesday showed, an impact comparable to that of smoking and far worse than HIV/AIDS or...

Control your Asthma problems with exercise and diet

Dr Imtiaz Ahmed 2022-06-13 13:21:44

Asthma is a lifelong disease that needs to be kept under control. Physical activities are sometimes challenging, as there is a risk that it may lead to breathlessness. However, if done properly, exerc...