First global recommendations issued on quitting smoking with type 2 diabetes
2 September 2026
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United Healthcare performs Bangladesh's first robotic surgeries
31 August 2026
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Eat today, protect tomorrow
30 August 2026
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Study points to the need for more effective TB screening strategies in people with HIV
30 August 2026
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The fracture forecast / AI spots risk years ahead
30 August 2026
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If Ebola crosses borders, is Bangladesh prepared?
30 August 2026
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The doctor who swallowed bacteria to prove medicine wrong
30 August 2026
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Too young for type 2? Not anymore
30 August 2026
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Step carefully: Protecting your feet from diabetes
23 August 2026
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Dead bat found in salad at US Walmart sparks recall
US Health officials want to find out how a dead bat in a “deteriorated condition” ended up inside a packaged salad sold at a grocery store in Florida.
12 April 2017
"Bangladesh is a role model in scaling up nutrition"
Since the inception of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) in April 2010, Bangladesh has made tangible progress in bringing
8 April 2017
Patient Aid: Health app for Bangladesh
Patient Aid is the first ever app in Bangladesh which will provide all kinds of health-care related information in an
8 April 2017
How to treat the unusual holes in the heart?
Heart is a muscle pump having four chambers (upper two and lower two). There may be any unusual holes in the
8 April 2017
Small & medium farms are essential to sustain quality of global food supply
Small and medium farms produce more than half of the food globally, and produce the vast majority of food and
8 April 2017
Dealing with depression in diabetes
People who are diagnosed with a chronic physical health problem such as diabetes are 3 times more likely to be
8 April 2017
New cancer drugs show success at a steep price
Newer cancer drugs that enlist the body's immune system are improving the odds of survival.
4 April 2017
High Court upholds ban on penicillin, cancer drugs of 23 firms
The High Court upholds its earlier order that directed the government to stop production and selling of penicillin and cephalosporin-group and anti-cancer drugs of 23 companies.
3 April 2017
Free medical camp organised in Narsingdi
Dr Nuruzzaman Khokon Memorial Trust organised a free medical camp in Narsingdi, Bangladesh recently at the premises of Satirpara K K
1 April 2017
Global effort to halve medication-related errors
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently launched a global initiative to reduce severe, avoidable medication-associated harm in
1 April 2017
Restoring functional arm movements to man with complete paralysis
A system that decodes brain signals and transmits them to sensors in the arm has allowed a man paralysed from the shoulders down to
1 April 2017
Health sector reformation and challenges of implementation
The cabinet division of the Government of Bangladesh has bifurcated the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare into two separate
1 April 2017
Depression: Let’s talk
It is the World Health Day on April 7; the day marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation (WHO). This
1 April 2017
Contraceptive usage: Bangladesh 8th, China top in Asia
China, South Korea and Thailand are few Asian countries where a high number of people are using contraceptives. In China, there is 83 percent usage of contraceptives while in both South Korea and Thailand the figure is 78 percent.
1 April 2017
Mobile tower radiation: Govt asked to obtain expert report on health risk
The High Court directs the health ministry to obtain a report from the experts of three international organisations about public health risk from radiation emitted from mobile phone towers set up in different areas across the country.
28 March 2017
Are vegetable oils healthy?
In small amounts, vegetable oils are healthy, as they contain fats that are essential in our diets. But our consumption of vegetable oil has increased considerably, and the health effects of high intakes are a source of scientific debate.
25 March 2017
Graphical health warnings on cigarette packs found effective
A recently completed sample-based study done in Bangladesh claims that the health warning labels describing the harmful effects of tobacco products using text and/or pictures are found to be effective.
25 March 2017
Physiotherapy in the management of stroke
Mr Idrish Ali, A 55 year old man came to a physiotherapist to consult about his personal complication.
25 March 2017
Global rise of multidrug resistant TB threatens to derail progress
The rise of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) threatens to derail decades of progress in controlling the disease, according to a new report in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine published on World TB day on 24th March.
25 March 2017
2.24 lakh TB patients detected in 2016
At least 2.24 lakh tuberculosis (TB) patients were detected in 2016, which is four percent higher than that of the previous year, according to the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP).
23 March 2017