The three-delay model of accessing care is an important consideration for safe motherhood. Decision making delay to use emergency

A man's weight affects the information passed on through his sperm and could leave his children predisposed to obesity, research in

I found some people are very hesitant about their doctor’s diagnosis. Maybe some of them are their friends or very famous and they

Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which the body’s inability to produce any or enough insulin causes elevated levels of glucose in the

Samsung Electronics Bangladesh has awarded 72 graduates who have passed the ARISE program of the Dhaka Polytechnic Institute. ARISE, which stands for Advanced Repair and Industrial Skill Enhancement, is a six month-long training program for the final year students to develop basic technical and people skills.

Haat Bazar, a day-long business and entrepreneurship simulation by Career & Placement Centre and the Department of Management of North South University, was successfully held on the 25th November for the fourth time since fall 2014 by Young Entrepreneurs Society (YES!), the business club of North South University. The goal of the event was for the students enrolled in the Entrepreneurship course to gain exposure on being a real-life entrepreneur for a day, frosting it with a first-hand experience of the problems a real business could face.

The Brazilian health ministry has confirmed a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects.

A follow-up study to assess the effects of personally tailored diabetes care in general practice has revealed that such care reduces mortality in women, but not men, according to a report published on The Lancet. The study was conducted by Dr Marlene Krag, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues.

Have you ever thought about the diseases that come around every winter season? Living in this cold environment three to four months of every year, we tend to get used to the various winter ailments circulating around us. Here are some tips to help you stay away from these ailments.

In Bangladesh, Horlicks is one of the popular malted milk hot drink. It is liked by mom and kids. This popular drink was developed by the founders James and William Horlick. It is now marketed and manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (Consumer Healthcare) in the United

A very recent scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) said that adolescents with major depression and bipolar mood disorder have increased risk of getting early heart disease and therefore must need early intervention to prevent it.

The world is poised to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 – provided it can accelerate the pace of progress achieved globally over the past 15 years, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report, says a press release. Already, much has been achieved. This year, the Millennium Development Goal that called for halting and reversing the spread of HIV on a global basis was met.

Creative IT has undertaken a special project titled 'Earn first, pay the course fee later' to provide the talented but financially

The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts say.

The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts say.

November 17 is World Prematurity Day. Each year this day is devoted to raising awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of premature babies and their families. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm around the world each year.

Population is an unbearable burden for Bangladesh and it happens to be the most densely populated country in the world. The area of Bangladesh is too small to support its vast population. As a result over-population creates a lot of critical problems. All the problems eventually lead to a general problem named poverty. Hence, it could be safely said that the poverty of our country is largely an aftermath of its population problem.

A medical dressing that changes colour when it detects infection could cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics, say scientists at Bath University.

Ms. Lutfe Ara, Head of the Clinical Governance Unit of icddr,b has received the prestigious “Best International Abstract Award” from “Association for Professional in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)” — a Washington based international organisation for public health professional to prevent the infection control.

Injuries to children caused by batteries have been documented in the medical literature for decades. An infant was playing with his toys at home and he swallowed a coin-shaped battery from his toy while playing. The parents noticed it and rushed the child to a local hospital immediately.