Take urgent action to curb unnecessary C-sections
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Injected with 'wrong medicine': Nurse suspended after child’s death at Suhrawardy hospital
28 January 2026, 18:27 PM
Healthcare
World Leprosy Day 2026: Time to put an end to stigma as disease remains curable
25 January 2026, 02:06 AM
Five minutes that could change everything!
25 January 2026, 02:03 AM
Menstrual migraine: The hormone-linked headache many dread
25 January 2026, 01:58 AM
Kidneys in silent mode: Early signs you should not ignore
25 January 2026, 01:54 AM
The silent health threat many people carry alone
25 January 2026, 01:49 AM
Vaping, smoking and teenage wellbeing: Understanding a growing mental health concern
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Why does digestion often feel slower in winter?
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Did You Know? / We might inhale lung-penetrating microplastics daily!
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Can eating eggs help kids' growth?
A new study has found that eating just one egg a day is associated with increased growth in young children.
8 June 2017, 10:39 AM
New research suggests importance of regular sleep schedule
The preliminary results of a new US study suggest that waking up later on weekends than during the week is contributing to a variety of health problems, as well as making us feel even more tired.
6 June 2017, 08:19 AM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
Insomnia during Ramadan
Ramadan times and present summer days seem to bring about many symptoms mainly due to the hot weather.
3 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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, 05:09 AM
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, 06:11 AM
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, 05:21 AM
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, 15:47 PM
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, 07:31 AM
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, 04:33 AM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM