Type 1 diabetes could affect 2.7 million more people by 2049
6 September 2026
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Health
World physiotherapy day 2026 / A healthy heart starts with movement
6 September 2026
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Health
Can doctors prescribe friendship instead of medicine?
6 September 2026
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Health
Planning for parenthood? Could tobacco be getting in the way?
6 September 2026
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Health
When 'gastric' is not just gastric
6 September 2026
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Health
World food prices at highest since 2022 as supply risks mount, FAO says
4 September 2026
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Food
First global recommendations issued on quitting smoking with type 2 diabetes
2 September 2026
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Health
United Healthcare performs Bangladesh's first robotic surgeries
31 August 2026
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Health
Eat today, protect tomorrow
30 August 2026
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Health
Study points to the need for more effective TB screening strategies in people with HIV
30 August 2026
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Health
Ebola survivors ‘safe sex warning’
The WHO urges Ebola survivors to be even more cautious during sexual contact to ensure the virus is not passed on to their partners.
15 April 2015
Australia to adopt "no jab, no pay" policy
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announces his nation will adopt a "no jab, no pay" policy to block parents who refuse to vaccinate their children from accessing some government benefits.
12 April 2015
Health service a mess
Planning Commission member Dr Shamsul Alam yesterday said Bangladesh's health service is in a mess.
11 April 2015
An old problem yet to be solved
Abrar Ali (not a real name), a 12 year old boy and the captain of volleyball team of his school who takes regular exercise in his
11 April 2015
Caesarean sections only if medically necessary
Caesarean section is one of the most common surgeries in the world, with rates continuing to rise, particularly in high- and middle-
11 April 2015
Being overweight reduces dementia risk
Being overweight cuts the risk of dementia, according to the largest and most precise investigation into the relationship. The researchers admit they were surprised by the findings, which run contrary to current health advice.
11 April 2015
How can the burden of diabetes be reduced?
Simple lifestyle measures have been shown to be effective in preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes. To help prevent type
11 April 2015
Beauty & the beast-1
There are two types of people. One group (short tempered) gets angry so easily. The other group becomes angry due to genuine
11 April 2015
5 hurt, houses torched in Joypurhat village
At least five people were injured when Jamaat-Shibir men launched an attack at Paterpukur village in Joypurhat Sadar upazila yesterday, allegedly in reaction to the villagers' assisting police to capture a local Jamaat leader on Friday.
11 April 2015
A keyboard to detect the first signs of Parkinson’s
The way in which a person presses on a keyboard's keys says a lot about their physical capabilities and state of fatigue. Based on this observation, a team of American and Spanish scientists have developed an algorithm that monitors keyboard touches.
11 April 2015
Short people at greater risk for heart disease: study
The shorter you are, the greater your risk of heart problems, a team at the University of Leicester says.
10 April 2015
Plucking hairs 'can make more grow'
Plucking hairs in a precise pattern can make even more pop up in their place, a US study suggests.
10 April 2015
Stronger efforts must for universal health coverage
Public health experts from home and abroad yesterday called for stronger efforts in achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in
9 April 2015
Mental Health First Aid, Bangladesh launched
The activities of Bangladesh chapter of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), created in Australia as a non-profit mental health service provider,
9 April 2015
New approach against HIV ‘promising’
The first human trial of a new type of HIV therapy suggests it could be a promising weapon in the fight against the virus.
9 April 2015
Healthy life elusive despite progress
Though Bangladesh has made significant progress in the health sector, healthy life and healthcare still remains a major question, said
7 April 2015
Scientist equip rats with supernatural sensory system
Yuji Ikegaya and Hiroaki Norimoto from the University of Tokyo have performed an experiment in order to provide a series of rats with geomagnetic prosthetics.
5 April 2015
The best exercise-2
A lot of us feel that we have little time to go outside for walking or to the gym. But most of our multi-tasking household works can burn a lot of fat.
4 April 2015
Is fish oil safe during chemotherapy?
Fish oil supplements might make cancer chemotherapy less effective — but many people with cancer were taking those supplements in a recent survey, reports Reuters.
4 April 2015
From farm to plate, make food safe
New data on the harm caused by foodborne illnesses underscore the global threats posed by unsafe foods...
4 April 2015