Dengue claims 6 more lives, 1,561 hospitalised in 24 hours
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Pregnancy diabetes linked to type 2 diabetes 13 years earlier
13 September 2026
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Smoking does not stop at the lungs; your liver may be paying the price
13 September 2026
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From dinner table to hospital bed
13 September 2026
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From home-cooked meals to viral bites - Gen Z’s changing plate
13 September 2026
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When cancer enters a home, no one should face it alone
13 September 2026
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7 more die with measles-like symptoms in 24 hours
12 September 2026
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Dengue cases cross 50,000 mark
12 September 2026
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3 more die with measles-like symptoms, combined toll now 1,012
11 September 2026
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Dengue claims 2 more lives, 790 hospitalised in 24 hours
11 September 2026
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PERCH publishes papers on pneumonia etiology
The foundational basis for the pneumonia etiology results from the PERCH (Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health) project have
3 June 2017
Bangladesh scored 52 out of 195 countries on healthcare index
Bangladesh scored 52 at a healthcare index as per the new Global Burden of Disease study published in the medical journal The Lancet.
3 June 2017
Beating tobacco for good
Action to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according to a first-ever World Health Organisation (WHO) report, reduce large-scale environmental degradation.
3 June 2017
International variation on definition of brain death must be cleared up
A session at this year’s Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva, Switzerland (3-5 June) will focus on the international variation in the
3 June 2017
Insomnia during Ramadan
Ramadan times and present summer days seem to bring about many symptoms mainly due to the hot weather.
3 June 2017
More than 200,000 children dying from diarrhoea each year
Diarrhoea is one of the world’s leading causes of child illness and death, and rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhoea.
3 June 2017
3 rules for heart patients during Ramadan
Cardiovascular patients should follow at least three rules during the holy month of Ramadan to stay safe from heart failure or cardiac arrest or other severe ailments, an expert says.
3 June 2017
World No Tobacco Day: Try eight tips to quit smoking
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 is the World Health Organization's (WHO) annual World No Tobacco Day. For those planning on using the day as their quit date, we've rounded up eight top tips from the WHO to make 2017 the year you successfully quit smoking.
31 May 2017
Ukraine doctor pioneering 'three-parent' babies
A 34-year-old woman tried to have a baby for 15 years before she turns to a pioneering doctor in Ukraine and a groundbreaking but ethically disputed "three-parent" procedure.
31 May 2017
Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO
Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization says, also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste.
30 May 2017
Keeping secrets harmful to health: Study
There are harmful personal effects just from thinking about secrets, reveals a new research. In other words, keeping secrets is unhealthy as secrecy has been associated with depression, anxiety, and poor physical health, according to researchers at Columbia Business School of US.
28 May 2017
WHO says India reports cases of Zika virus
India has reported cases of the Zika virus, the World Health Organization said, adding that efforts should be made to strengthen surveillance.
28 May 2017
Overweight boys at greater risk of colon cancer as adults
New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Porto, Portugal (17-20 May) suggests that overweight boys may
27 May 2017
Preventing pregnancy-induced hypertension
Calcium supplements taken during pregnancy can reduce severe complications which lead to 70,000-150,000 pregnancy complication
27 May 2017
Abusing a physician is unethical
Bangladesh Medical Association called upon all physicians to abstain from practicing for a day (May 23, 2017) in protest of vandalism
27 May 2017
Insights on liver transplant
A liver transplant is an operation to remove a diseased or damaged liver and replace it with a healthy one. It is usually recommended
27 May 2017
Bit Makers launches FirstJob-bd.com
Bit Makers Limited, an IT- based company in Bangladesh, launched their new service FirstJob-bd.com, an online job portal dedicated to fresh graduates and entry-level jobs.
25 May 2017
IUB Alumni Job Fair 2017 held
The Office of the Career Guidance and Placement of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised the day-long Alumni Job Fair on May 23.
25 May 2017
How sleep disorders affect women, men differently
From depression and daytime sleepiness to difficulty concentrating, new Australian research suggests that women are more sensitive than men to the effects of sleep disorders in their daily lives.
24 May 2017
Nothing to get scared of chikungunya: Sayeed Khokan
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokan advises all not to get scared over chikungunya disease caused by a new virus.
21 May 2017