Older adults and those with underlying medical conditions are at a much higher risk for severe illness when infected with COVID, this includes individuals with CKD (chronic kidney disease). Individuals who are on dialysis or who have received a kidney transplant will have weaker immune systems than the general population, which can leave them more vulnerable to COVID infection. Adults who have CKD stage 5 but are not on dialysis or have not had transplant, who are over 70 and are on any form of immunosuppression or have been on one in the past or who has autoimmune inflammation of kidney, are also at very high risk and clinically extremely vulnerable to COVID 19.

Some coronavirus positive cases may be asymptomatic while a few may experience mild to moderate, or even severe symptoms. As per the latest studies, about 80% of Covid-19 patients experience mild or no symptoms. This implies that a majority of the positive patients can recover at home under remote medical monitoring and care.

Vaping tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) impairs driving performance, while the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) are uncertain, according to a crossover trial in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). THC-dominant cannabis is typically used recreationally, while CBD-dominant products may be prescribed for medicinal use.

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shortened the minimum amount of time people have to quarantine after a potential COVID-19 exposure from 14 days to as few as 7 days.

When you wear a mask, you are making an effort to protect the health of others in your community and you are also keeping yourself and the people you love safe from COVID-19.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), for the first wave of COVID-19 to be over, the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has to drop below 5%. Bangladesh’s present data says the infection rate is still above 10%. So the first wave of COVID-19 in Bangladesh is continuing and the rate of infection is increasing to some extent.

Both the popularity and legalisation of medicinal cannabis products are continuing to increase globally. However, an expert on medicinal cannabis, speaking at Euroanaesthesia congress says there are huge gaps in our research knowledge that the cannabis industry and other researchers must address to guarantee the safety and efficacy of these products.

World Health Organization (WHO) urged nations and health partners to step up the fight against malaria, with better targeting of interventions, new tools and increased funding.

The health authorities reported 21 new dengue cases across the country in the past 24 hours till this morning.

Disturbing new research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that more than half of men (55%) and some two thirds (65%) of women currently aged 20 years in India will likely develop diabetes in their lifetime,

Ibuprofen is associated with better fever reduction and less pain than acetaminophen in infants and toddlers, with similar levels of safety, suggests a meta-analysis in JAMA Network Open.

A gastric acid milieu facilitates intestinal iron absorption. For patients with iron deficiency anaemia who are treated with oral iron, some

December 3 is the international day of persons with disabilities. Every year this day is observed nationally and internationally.

Every year, on 1 December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People around the world unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS.

Twenty-nine more dengue cases were reported across the country in 24 hours until Saturday morning.

Every year, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to encourage best practices among the general public,

The novel coronavirus was first described in a cluster of patients presenting with pneumonia symptoms in Wuhan, China in December of 2019.

In what some researchers are calling a “transformational approach to preventing heart disease,” an inexpensive Polypill, along with an aspirin, cut heart attacks and strokes by up to 40%, according to ‘The International Polycap Study (TIPS-3)” published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The research was also presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions on Friday, 13 November.

Children born via cesarean section may be more likely to be hospitalised for infection during early childhood. A study published in PLOS Medicine by Jessica Miller at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute,

Melatonin is a hormone, produced by a part of the brain called the pineal gland. Melatonin, also known as the darkness hormone as our body makes it predominantly when we are exposed to darkness. When the sun rises, melatonin level declines.