First natural birth for diabetic woman with artificial pancreas

A diabetic woman has become the first in the world to give birth naturally after using an artificial pancreas while pregnant, reports BBC.
2 May 2015

Quality of care for every pregnant woman & newborn

In a new commentary published in the BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, WHO states that quality of care must improve if the world is to end preventable deaths of mothers and newborn babies globally.
2 May 2015

Rubella eradicated from Americas

North and South America became the first regions of the world to eradicate rubella, or German measles, after no home-grown cases in five years.
30 April 2015

Niger meningitis: Schools shut to curb outbreak

All schools in and around Niger's capital, Niamey, have been shut until Monday because of a meningitis outbreak that has killed 85 people this year, reports BBC.
25 April 2015

New oral iron chelator for Thalassaemia

Recently United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Jadenu, a new oral iron chelator formulation for chronic iron
25 April 2015

Lightning kills schoolboy

A schoolboy was killed by lightning at Karjana village in Ghior upazila yesterday.
25 April 2015

Call to close gaps in prevention and treatment

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling on the global health community to urgently address significant gaps in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Despite dramatic declines in malaria cases and deaths since 2000, more than half a million lives are still lost to this preventable disease each year.
25 April 2015

Meningitis in children — a very serious disease

Bacterial meningitis is a serious but common infection of central nervous system. Delay in treatment may end up with various complications and even death.
25 April 2015

Beauty & the beast-3

We have been talking about anger management for last two weeks. Here goes the last part.
25 April 2015

Insulin Ryzodeg for type 2 diabetes launched

Novo Nordisk, a global leader in diabetes care, launched Ryzodeg -- insulin for type 2 diabetes -- in Bangladesh yesterday.
24 April 2015

Criminals sever hand, leg of madrasa teacher in Patuakhali

A gang severed the left hand and left leg of a madrasa teacher of Chalitabunia village in Amtali upazila under the district yesterday.
21 April 2015

‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Kushtia cops

An alleged robber was killed in a “gunfight” between his cohorts and police in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia.
21 April 2015

Dancing the tango could help fight the effects of Parkinson's

Typically danced at a fairly slow pace to music in the 2/4 time signature, the sensual Argentine social dance could help to improve balance thanks to its specific combination of rhythmic backward and forward steps.
19 April 2015

A new window for women’s health

Back pain is a common complaint in the months leading up to delivery, especially during the final trimester and after delivery (in most cases after caesarean section). Gynecological physiotherapy is a non-surgical treatment for a number of women’s health problems.
18 April 2015

Diabetes in children

The term diabetes mellitus describes a metabolic disorder of multiple etiologies characterised by chronic hyperglycemia (excess blood
18 April 2015

Divorcees have more heart attacks

Divorcees are more likely to have a heart attack than their peers who stay married, US research suggests.
18 April 2015

Dementia halted in mice brains

Tweaking the brain's immune system with a drug has prevented mice developing dementia, a study shows — reports BBC.
18 April 2015

Beauty & the beast-2

Wild anger makes one irrational. Eventually that may lead to depression and other mental health troubles. Explosive anger causes
18 April 2015

Dementia 'halted in mice brains'

A new study at Duke University shows tweaking the brain's immune system with a drug prevents mice from developing dementia.
16 April 2015