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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1st Japan birth achieved via egg from unnamed donor
A woman unable to become pregnant with her own eggs due to illness has given birth to a baby conceived using a donated egg from an anonymous third party, a Kobe-based nonprofit organization that mediated between them announces.
23 March 2017
A mobile tower radiation harmful: Government report
Radiation emitted by a tower of a mobile operator in Bangladesh is harmful for public health, the government says in a report.
22 March 2017
Yaba: A killer of young generation
Yaba tablets which are a combination of methamphetamine and caffeine have become very popular in Bangladesh over the past decade. The numbers regarding the yaba users reported is far less than the actual users.
18 March 2017
Ahoy Bangladesh Ltd. launched services in Dhaka
Ahoy Bangladesh opens its services to residents of Bangladesh for making medical treatment in India easy and trouble free in association with Ahoy India, a pioneer in medical value travel company in India.
18 March 2017
The weaponisation of health care
Marking six years since the start of the Syrian conflict (15 March), a study in The Lancet provides new estimates for the number of
18 March 2017
A guide to brain cancer
Like any other part of your body, your brain can have a tumour, which happens when cells grow out of control and form a solid mass.
18 March 2017
Global campaign for gender equality unveils high-level leaders
Deliver for Good, a global campaign powered by Women Deliver in coordination with 10 founding partners that applies a gender lens
18 March 2017
Apollo Hospitals celebrates World Kidney Day
Apollo Hospitals in the capital Dhaka arranges various awareness programmes in collaboration with East West University and Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Limited in order to celebrate World Kidney Day on March 9, 2017.
13 March 2017
1.7 million child deaths a year
More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to unhealthy environments.
11 March 2017
The association between type 2 diabetes and risk of death from cancer
A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) reveals that type 2 diabetes
11 March 2017
Heart diseases of the children and its management
Rehnuma came to a paediatrician to consult about her 7 months old baby with the complaints of frequent cough and cold since birth,
11 March 2017
Ways to improve the quality of care in health facilities
There is increasing global awareness that good quality care is key to keeping mothers and babies alive and well.
11 March 2017
Praava Health announces PCR lab in Dhaka
Praava Health is going to launch its first outpatient health center in Dhaka, featuring family doctors and diagnostics.
11 March 2017
Healthy lifestyle can prevent kidney disease: experts
Unhealthy lifestyle leads to increase in kidney ailment as Bangladesh is hugely suffering from the disease due to rapidly changed food habit and way of life, health experts say.
9 March 2017
CSOs revitalised in Dhaka on immunisation
The Gavi CSO constituency arranged a collaborative meeting of the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the Asia Pacific Region recently
4 March 2017
Health benefits of ridge gourd
Ridge gourd or sponge gourd is popularly known as ‘Jhinga’ in Bangladesh. Biologically ridge gourd is referred to as Luffa acutangula.
4 March 2017
Secrets of anti-ageing
If you are new to the world of age reversal, you may wonder why your skin would need one. That means it is time to start your daily
4 March 2017
E-health records: A way for better health outcomes
Health Policy 2011 emphasised to establish a computer based “Integrated Management Information System” which helps to implement
4 March 2017
Exercise may cancel out heart risks if you are overweight & middle-age
Exercise may cancel out the heart risks of being overweight or obese if you are middle-age, a new observational study in the Netherlands
4 March 2017
Virtual reality hopes to treat mental health problems
Virtual reality headsets are often associated with video games and fun, but companies are also working to use them for mental health therapies, to treat phobias, anxiety or addictions.
4 March 2017