For some reason, families always think of playing a passive role in one’s addiction story. The family members tend to believe or rather wish to believe that they have nothing to do with it and they are just the “recipients” of the bad news -- as this stance, frees them from any responsibility.

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases, affecting nearly 50 million people of all ages around the world.

Higher intake of ultra-processed foods (for example, packaged snack foods) is associated with increased risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a prospective study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

World leaders and health experts recently handed eight recommendations to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), that could save millions of lives and promote mental health.

Researchers have identified yet another complication of vaping. In the European Respiratory Journal, they describe a woman who developed giant cell interstitial pneumonia (a.k.a., hard metal pneumoconiosis, or “cobalt lung”) after six months of vaping cannabis. The condition is usually seen in workers exposed to hard metals.

Over-the-counter drugs and chicken soup help both the cold and the flu, right?

For the first time, the World Health Organisation (WHO) projects that the number of males using tobacco is on the decline, indicating a powerful shift in the global tobacco epidemic.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 has listed attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS) as a “condition for future study.” APS can involve mild delusions, hallucinations, and disorganised speech, with relatively intact reality testing in the absence of an apparent psychotic disorder, and has been thought to be a risk state for later schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

Lower body mass index (BMI) is consistently associated with reduced type II diabetes risk, among people with varied family history, genetic risk factors and weight, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Manuel Rivas of Stanford University, and colleagues.

Safeguarding human health from climate change impacts is more urgent than ever, yet most countries are not acting fully on their plans to achieve this, according to the first global snapshot of progress on climate change and health.

Women have always played a vital leadership role in their communities as traditional healers, keepers of medicinal recipes, carers of the sick and birth attendants.

A new approach is needed to help reduce undernutrition and obesity at the same time, as the issues become increasingly connected due to rapid changes in countries’ food systems.

“SERAC Bangladesh” and “Right Here Right Now Bangladesh” have awarded six young journalists and photographers to encourage reporting on youth-friendly services (YFS) and ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of the youth.

New research shows that preterm birth is linked to increased rates of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children and young adults, with particular effects stronger in females.

Use of statins after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) has been recommended in guidelines for more than a decade.

It is obvious that a mother taking medication for her illness is concerned about the possible side effect of these drugs upon her child through breast milk. She seeks information from doctors and health workers.

Back pain is a widespread problem experienced by women during pregnancy. It can be present from the early stage of pregnancy or in the later stage. The prevalence varies with reports showing between 50% to 70% of pregnant women experiencing back pain.

World AIDS Day, held each year on December 1, is an opportunity to celebrate and support global efforts to prevent new HIV infections, increase HIV awareness and knowledge, and support those living with HIV.

Changing your foods can lower your cholesterol and improve the armada of fats floating through your bloodstream. Adding foods that lower LDL, the harmful cholesterol-carrying particle that contributes to artery-clogging atherosclerosis, is the best way to achieve a low cholesterol diet.

The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued two advisories — one on how to evaluate flu-like symptoms in the face of concerns about vaping, and the other about how the CDC will count and report e-cigarette and vaping–associated lung injuries (EVALIs).