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Healthcare
Can AI predict suicide?
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Healthcare
Health records could help spot diabetes early
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Healthcare
Meeting clean air targets could curb the diabetes burden in Bangladesh
1 February 2026, 05:01 AM
Healthcare
7,000 steps a day could be the sweet spot for better health!
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Healthcare
Silent threats before birth: Air pollution and climate risks for infants
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Healthcare
AI in colonoscopy: A helpful tool or a risk to doctors’ skills?
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Healthcare
3,200 doctors to join field services in 10 days
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Hospitals
Take urgent action to curb unnecessary C-sections
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Bangladesh
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Healthcare
New vaccine in push to eradicate polio
More than 150 countries have begun switching to a different polio vaccine - an important milestone towards polio eradication, health campaigners say.
17 April 2016, 04:45 AM
Facebook lets blind people 'see' its photos
As the internet becomes dominated by images, Facebook is launching a system which can "read" photos and tell visually impaired people
16 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Swollen feet
This is usually a temporary nuisance caused by standing too long or a long flight - especially if you are pregnant.
16 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Investing in treatment for depression/anxiety
Every US$ 1 invested in scaling up treatment for depression and anxiety leads to a return of US$ 4 in better health and ability to work,
16 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Keep your joints healthy
Joints form the connections between bones. They provide support and help you move. Any damage to the joints from disease or injury
16 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Screening of cancers in the reproductive organs
Women experience various types of cancers. Among them, the cancer in the reproductive organs has a frequency of 14%. This can be
16 April 2016, 18:00 PM
E-skin 'can monitor body's oxygen level'
Scientists say they have developed ultra-thin electronic "skin" that can measure oxygen levels when stuck to the body.
16 April 2016, 05:29 AM
Sean Parker sets up $25m cancer immunotherapy collaboration
$250 million grant from Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker aims to speed development of more effective cancer treatments by fostering collaboration among leading researchers in the field.
14 April 2016, 15:07 PM
[WATCH] Amazing facts about the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks
Here are some amazing facts about the immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks.
10 April 2016, 14:02 PM
Free health camp for waste pickers
Repon Chowdhury, Executive Director of Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and Environment (OSHE) Foundation addressing
9 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Reconstructing new oesophagus tissue in a critically ill patient
Writing in The Lancet, US doctors report the first case of a human patient whose severely damaged oesophagus was reconstructed using
9 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Hidden hunger of our children
About a month ago, I examined a boy of 4 years old with the complaints of pallor, decrease attention, loss of interest, rough skin,
9 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Diabetes and gallbladder problems connections
The evidence that people with diabetes are at greater risk of gallstones is clear, but no specific cause is known. Perhaps it is because
9 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Beat diabetes
Diabetes is one of the largest global health emergencies of the 21st century. Each year more and more people live with this condition,
9 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Yeast infection fails first US uterus transplant
The first uterus transplant in the US fails because of yeast infection, Cleveland Clinic, a multispecialty academic hospital located in Cleveland, Ohio, revealed on Friday.
9 April 2016, 14:55 PM
Chinese medicine plant secrets probed
Scientists have unravelled one of the secrets of a plant used in traditional Chinese medicine.
9 April 2016, 13:57 PM
Govt rejects HRW report on arsenic
LGRD Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain terms Human Right Watch report on arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh as a blatant lie and says no-one dies of arsenic poisoning recently.
7 April 2016, 11:09 AM
80 lakh Bangladeshis suffering from diabetes: State minister
Around 80 lakh people in Bangladesh are suffering from diabetes, State Minister for Health Zahid Malik says.
6 April 2016, 10:13 AM
Vitamin D 'heals damaged hearts'
Vitamin D supplements may help people with diseased hearts, a study suggests.
5 April 2016, 06:19 AM
Discussion on cancer awareness and counselling
Centre for Cancer Prevention and Research (CCPR) organised a di
2 April 2016, 18:00 PM