Behavioural therapy more effective for overactive bladder symptoms

Management of overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms in men generally is limited to drug therapies (e.g., a-adrenergic receptor antagonists, antimuscarinic agents).
8 February 2020, 18:00 PM

CDC updates coronavirus advice for clinicians

The CDC has issued new guidance for clinicians on screening patients for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and caring for patients.
8 February 2020, 18:00 PM

CDC updates coronavirus advice for clinicians

The CDC has issued new guidance for clinicians on screening patients for novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and caring for patients.
8 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh commits to reducing child deaths from pneumonia in ‘Global Pneumonia Forum’

Government officials from Bangladesh committed to reaching global targets of reducing child pneumonia to 3 pneumonia deaths per 1000 live births in ‘Global Pneumonia Forum’.
8 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Myth busters

Yes, it is safe. People receiving packages from China are not at risk of contracting the new coronavirus. From previous analysis, we know coronaviruses do not survive long on objects, such as letters or packages.
8 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Physiotherapy after breast cancer surgery

Breast cancer is becoming one of the most common conditions all over the world as well as Bangladesh.
8 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Death of Chinese doctor fuels anger, demands for change

The death of a whistleblowing doctor whose early warnings about China's new coronavirus outbreak were suppressed by the police unleashes a wave of anger at the government's handling of the crisis -- and bold demands for more freedom.
7 February 2020, 04:46 AM

Japan quarantines cruise ship to test 3,700 on board after Hong Kong coronavirus case

Japanese officials begin screening more than 3,700 passengers and crew on a cruise ship quarantined off the port of Yokohama near Tokyo after a Hong Kong man who sailed on the vessel last month tested positive for coronavirus.
4 February 2020, 05:52 AM

Hong Kong reports first coronavirus death as hospital workers escalate strike

Hong Kong reports its first coronavirus death, a 39-year-old male who had been suffering from an underlying illness and had visited China's Wuhan city in January, hospital staff says, marking the second death outside mainland China.
4 February 2020, 05:27 AM

The truth about coconut oil and cardiovascular risk

Proponents of the increasingly popular high-fat and purportedly natural diets often promote coconut oil as a heart-healthy ingredient.
1 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Do not forget psychotherapy for bipolar disorder

Family-focused therapy (FFT), which was developed as an adjunctive treatment for bipolar disorder, involves the family and patient in all aspects of treatment and includes education, practicing open communication, and enhancing problem solving.
1 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Treating H. pylori cuts gastric cancer risk in those with family histories of gastric cancer

Patients with Helicobacter pylori infection and a family history of gastric cancer face a lower risk for gastric cancer themselves if their H. pylori is treated, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
1 February 2020, 18:00 PM

Coronavirus from China: know the unknown

Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that causes disease in mammals and birds.
1 February 2020, 18:00 PM

62 million women’s lives could be saved from cervical cancer

Over the next 100 years, more than 74 million cervical cancer cases and 60 million deaths could be averted, and the disease eliminated in the 78 countries with the highest disease burden, according to two modelling studies published in The Lancet.
1 February 2020, 18:00 PM

341 Bangladeshis to arrive from China tonight

Three hundred and forty one Bangladeshis will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow night on a special flight from Wuhan, China
30 January 2020, 18:51 PM

China virus death toll rises to 170, over 1,700 new cases

The nationwide death toll from China's viral epidemic has leapt to 170, the government says, with more than 1,700 new infections confirmed.
30 January 2020, 04:13 AM

Australia scientists claim first re-creation of coronavirus outside China

A team of scientists in Australia has said they have successfully developed a lab-grown version of coronavirus, the first to be recreated outside of China, in a breakthrough that could help combat the global spread of the illness.
29 January 2020, 04:26 AM

Foreigners flown out of China virus epicentre, death toll hits 132

Hundreds of Americans and Japanese leave the quarantined Chinese city at the centre of a viral epidemic aboard charter flights, as the death toll soared to 132 and confirmed infections neared 6,000.
29 January 2020, 04:17 AM

Japan confirms coronavirus in man who hadn’t been to China

Japanese authorities say a man with no recent travel to China has contracted the novel strain of coronavirus -- apparently after driving tourists visiting from Wuhan, where a deadly outbreak began.
28 January 2020, 10:39 AM

Coronavirus outbreak: Wuhan residents chant word of resilience

Amid growing adversity and a lockdown over the coronavirus outbreak, residents in Wuhan of China are chanting ‘Jiayou’, which roughly translated means fuel or oil but is rarely ever used in that context.
28 January 2020, 07:09 AM