The chilling truth about winter joint pain and simple ways to manage it
1 February 2026, 05:09 AM
Healthcare
Can AI predict suicide?
1 February 2026, 05:06 AM
Healthcare
Health records could help spot diabetes early
1 February 2026, 05:04 AM
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!
1 February 2026, 04:58 AM
Healthcare
Silent threats before birth: Air pollution and climate risks for infants
1 February 2026, 04:55 AM
Healthcare
AI in colonoscopy: A helpful tool or a risk to doctors’ skills?
1 February 2026, 04:52 AM
Healthcare
3,200 doctors to join field services in 10 days
1 February 2026, 04:05 AM
Hospitals
Take urgent action to curb unnecessary C-sections
29 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh
Injected with 'wrong medicine': Nurse suspended after child’s death at Suhrawardy hospital
28 January 2026, 18:27 PM
Healthcare
Ovarian cancer: Screening may cut deaths by a fifth
Doctors say there is now "encouraging" evidence that an annual blood test may cut ovarian cancer deaths by a fifth.
17 December 2015, 16:06 PM
Cancer is not just 'bad luck' but down to environment, study suggests
Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study suggests.
17 December 2015, 04:50 AM
How much running for good health? Not much (video)
Researchers found out how many miles a week you need to run to improve your health — and it’s surprisingly low.
14 December 2015, 04:44 AM
New global framework to eliminate rabies
A new framework to eliminate human rabies and save tens of thousands of lives each year has been launched by the World Health
12 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Modern medicine’s danger-land!
"One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine", once said William Osler. Some believe he is the
12 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Nestlé organised PGPN convocation
Nestlé Nutrition Institute (NNI) organised the convocation of the certification course titled ‘Post Graduate Programme on Paediatric
12 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Global leaders urged to ensure all people can access essential health services
On the second annual Universal Health Coverage Day yesterday, a coalition of more than 700 organisations in 116 countries came
12 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Can you get rid of aging ailments?
What to expect as you get older and what to do about it? We all know that aging will likely cause you to develop wrinkles and gray hair.
12 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Being unhappy or stressed will not kill, says study
Being miserable or stressed will not increase your risk of dying, according to the UK's Million Women Study.
10 December 2015, 05:13 AM
Please do not hesitate
I found some people are very hesitant about their doctor’s diagnosis. Maybe some of them are their friends or very famous and they
5 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Symptoms of Diabetes
Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which the body’s inability to produce any or enough insulin causes elevated levels of glucose in the
5 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Role of nutrition in mental health
Mental health disorders are a growing global concern now a days. The relationship between diet, brain function and the risk of mental
5 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Delay in safe motherhood: Ways to reduce it
The three-delay model of accessing care is an important consideration for safe motherhood. Decision making delay to use emergency
5 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Man's weight affects sperm cells
A man's weight affects the information passed on through his sperm and could leave his children predisposed to obesity, research in
5 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Samsung awards first batch of ARISE grads
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.
3 December 2015, 18:26 PM
Brazil links Zika fever to birth defects
The Brazilian health ministry has confirmed a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects.
29 November 2015, 05:10 AM
Personally tailored diabetes care reduces mortality in women but not men
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.
28 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Tips for winter diseases
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.
28 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Read this before giving Junior Horlicks to your loving kids
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
28 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Depression in adolescence increases the risk of early heart disease
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.
28 November 2015, 18:00 PM