. To battle cancer and the fear it brings with the name, World Cancer Day is observed every year on the 4 February.

The journey of Prana Wellness Center was quite an interesting one. The partners who co-founded Prana started off as student and instructor. The year was 2017 when Jane Alam Romel took yoga classes from Rumana Akter. As freeing as the classes were for them, soon they realised, they both share an incredible passion for yoga and wellness. After listing down all the possible pros and cons, they both finally decided to invest in a wellness centre with a vision to educate people on the benefits of yoga.

Some people with SAD may experience symptoms in the summer but feel better in the winter. If you are one of them and feeling down after the holiday season, here are some tips for getting over your post-December depression.

Psoriasis is a skin condition that may flare up quite a bit during winter because of reduced sunlight and UV rays during this period. Sunlight contains UV rays, which can penetrate the skin and slow the formation of skin cells. Patches of thick, scaly skin develop as a result of the autoimmune disease. A person might feel itchy, uncomfortable, and painful. But the good news is, there are a number of ways to treat the illness throughout the winter.

Winter can be a tough season on your skin, with dry, cold air stripping it of moisture and leaving it feeling dry and irritated. Here are some healthy habits to follow that can help keep your skin healthy and glowing all winter.

Lightheadedness may be a common phenomenon but it is not as benign as one may think.

We observe a drastic change in our food preferences, metabolism, and even energy levels during winter. With falling temperatures, our cravings for food also increase. However, no season justifies unhealthy eating habits, and we must maintain a balance in what we consume. Irrespective of the season, we should make a proper meal plan to fulfill our nutritional needs.

Muktijuddher Chikishsha Itihas captures the stories and struggles of medical professionals during the Liberation War.

If you have missed out on all the latest updates of the day, then don't worry, we got you all covered. Find out the gist of the top 5 stories of The Daily Star today (December 25, 2022).

Pele, the world soccer star will remain hospitalized at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Sao Paulo, to receive the New Year because his clinical condition has worsened and he no longer reacts to treatment, so he is only receiving palliative care to help him mitigate the pain and breathe better.

Thankfully, there are at least 5 ways in which one can spot the more uncommon triggers and ease the irritating and painful ailment.

Do you spend the majority of the winter season dreading the sicknesses that the cold weather inevitably brings? Do chilly mornings and gloomy evenings threaten your healthy way of life? We are all aware that the colder months cause both a dramatic decrease in our motivation to get out of bed in the mornings and a significant rise in the frequency of flu viruses in people. But you do not necessarily need to spend half of the season visiting doctors.

You have slept, but did it help?

The many factors that make you more susceptible to mosquito attacks.

Most of the clinically important antibiotics are now less effective at killing disease-causing bacteria than the last few years, shows the latest surveillance data of the government.

Dissecting the dynamic between dosing off and your favourite dishes.

Many individuals drink diet soda to get a delicious and bubbly drink without consuming hundreds of calories or a lot of sugar. Numerous studies, however, have revealed a link between excessive diet soda use and severe health issues such as diabetes, fatty liver, dementia, heart disease, and stroke. This article examines the possible links between diet sodas and your health and discusses whether it is a healthier option than regular soda.

Take the right precautions this dengue season.

People don’t smoke merely out of habit, there are many other reasons deeply intertwined with this harmful practice. Numerous factors such as social contexts, peer pressure, anxiety or loneliness can largely influence a person’s smoking behaviour. But we need to realise that tobacco is such a drug that only steals from us — our money, health, and well-being.

Common and chronic skin illnesses among patients in Bangladesh includes fungal disease, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, and acne vulgaris. These diseases are spread out across patients of diverse age groups. In order to understand if a skin problem has gone chronic, the tell-tale signs would be the persistence of the disease for a longer period even without any interaction as well as recurrence or relapse of the disease.