Bolster efforts to tackle leading causes of urban deaths

A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) offers guidance and tools for urban leaders to tackle some of the leading causes of death in cities.
2 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Interval breast cancers linked to risk for other tumours

Women with breast cancer identified between screening mammograms are more likely to be diagnosed with other cancers both before and after their breast cancer diagnosis, according to a Nature Communications study.
2 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Heavy smoking causes faces to look older

“Smoker’s Face,” a condition where smokers look older than they are, is just one of many negative effects caused by heavy tobacco usage. Louise Millard of the University of Bristol and colleagues report these findings in a new study published recently in PLOS Genetics.
2 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Precision in the treatment of breast cancer

Worldwide, breast cancer is the most-common invasive cancer in women. It affects about 12% of women worldwide. Breast cancer comprises 22.9% of invasive cancers in women and 16% of all female cancers.
2 November 2019, 18:00 PM

Global tuberculosis epidemic cannot be ended unless it is eliminated in India

The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health recently took place in Hyderabad, India, which opened with a call to end the emergency of the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, now responsible for killing some 1.5 million people each year.
2 November 2019, 18:00 PM

A novel drug for bacterial pneumonia

New antibiotics are a rarity these days, let alone new antibiotic classes. But in August 2019, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved lefamulin (Xenleta), the first of the broad-spectrum pleuromutilins, for treating patients with bacterial pneumonia.
26 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Children’s heavy backpack and health alarm

The numbers of books and homework copies are increased in every school now a days.
26 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Lower rates of cancer screening in women with diabetes

Cancer screening rates are up to a quarter lower in women with diabetes, varying by type of cancer, and putting them at risk of poorer cancer outcomes, concludes new research in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]).
26 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Prevent lead poisoning by eliminating lead paint

From 20 to 26 October 2019 the international lead poisoning prevention week of action will took place, with a particular focus on eliminating lead paint.
26 October 2019, 18:00 PM

How to spot a psychotic disorder

Psychotic Disorders are a group of mental health conditions that change your sense of reality. When you have these disorders, you might see and hear things that do not exist or believe things that are not true.
26 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Why women are reluctant to visit ob-gyns

It took two years for 42-year-old Solema Begum to meet a gynaecologist for a lump that was developing in one of her breasts.
24 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Nonpharmacologic therapies may be better for pa-tients with dementia and agitation/aggression

Three nonpharmacologic interventions were clinically beneficial for patients with dementia and agitation or aggression, according to a network meta-analysis in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
19 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Healthy diet reduced depression symptoms

Young adults with depression may experience improvements following a brief dietary intervention, according to a small, randomised trial in PLOS One.
19 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Exploring an innovative treatment in our region

No matter what we hear or experience about alternative treatment – we tend to rush to many places once allopathic or established treatment has not worked for us effectively.
19 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Severe underfunding, lack of access to care jeopardise at-risk TB populations

More people received life-saving treatment for tuberculosis (TB) in 2018 than ever before, largely due to improved detection and diagnosis. Globally, 7 million people were diagnosed and treated for TB - up from 6.4 million in 2017 – enabling the world to meet one of the milestones towards the United Nations political declaration targets on TB.
19 October 2019, 18:00 PM

The challenge of adolescent SRH services in Bangladesh

The adolescent population (between the ages of 10 and 19) covers more than one-fifth of the total population of Bangladesh, which consists of approximately 36 million in total.
19 October 2019, 18:00 PM

1-in-3 young children undernourished or overweight: UNICEF

A third of the world's nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim UN assessment of childhood nutrition.
15 October 2019, 11:03 AM

Treating insomnia in depressed patients may also re-duce suicidal ideation

A hypnotic added to an antidepressant helped to modestly decrease observer-rated suicidal ideation, especially in patients with severe insomnia.
12 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Why men need to open up about mental illness

From childhood, boys are told to be strong, as if nothing can make them feel sad, as if they cannot cry or feel hurt. Contrary to this belief, strong men are usually the ones who are able to cry.
12 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Why vision impairment is rising globally?

More than 1 billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment because they do not get the care they need for conditions like short and far sightedness, glaucoma and cataract, according to the first world report on vision issued by the World Health Organisation.
12 October 2019, 18:00 PM