No Covid-19 death in 24hrs, positivity rate 0.26%

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
3 March 2023, 10:32 AM

No Covid-19 death in 24hrs, positivity rate 0.44%

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
2 March 2023, 15:08 PM

Woman dies of Nipah virus in Rajshahi

A woman died of Nipah virus infection yesterday in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), taking the death toll to seven this year
2 March 2023, 15:03 PM

Dengue fever: 16 hospitalised in 24hrs across country

At least 16 dengue patients were hospitalised during the last 24 hours till this morning across the country, 10 of which were outside Dhaka.
2 March 2023, 13:25 PM

Tea workers demand Tk 30,000 in arrears, get Tk 11,000 instead

The tea workers demanded Tk 30,000 in arrears for 20 months in line with the hiked wages that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked tea garden owners to pay in August last year
2 March 2023, 13:12 PM

Startup Bangladesh invests in AmarLab

AmarLab, an at-home-at-work pathology test service provider, has raised Tk 1 crore from Startup Bangladesh Limited, the first government-backed and flagship venture capital fund
2 March 2023, 12:46 PM

The ways PCOS takes over women’s lives

You can have almost all the symptoms of PCOS yet not have PCOS, and vice versa.
2 March 2023, 07:41 AM

Three more hospitalised with dengue

Three more people were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till yesterday morning.
1 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Good news for Netrakona haor patients

The 31-bed Khaliajuri Upazila Health Complex, located in a haor (back-swamp) area of Netrakona, has been providing treatment to hundreds of people since 1996. However, due to the lack of workforce, X-ray and pathology tests had been unavailable at the facility.
1 March 2023, 18:00 PM

How helpful is shojne for you?

Shojne or moringa drumsticks are a seasonal treat and is found in bazars during early spring. All local markets and vegetable vans, roaming the lanes and by lanes of any residential area, are vending these light green drumsticks, a rare delicacy fancied by many, because of its phytomedicinal values.
1 March 2023, 10:51 AM

Services at Khulna hospitals hampered as doctors on 24hr work abstention

The doctors at outpatient departments of the government and private hospitals went on work abstention from 6:00am
1 March 2023, 06:36 AM

Cholera vaccination for Rohingyas begins in Bhasan Char

About 30,000 Rohingyas will be vaccinated through this campaign
27 February 2023, 15:43 PM

Ministry urges media not to run news

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today requested the media not to publish any news on the initiative to introduce private practice in public hospitals “until further announcement”..The ministry issued a press release in this regard after the committee, formed to set guidelines for
27 February 2023, 15:22 PM

Cervical cancer screening: DMCH opens training, research centre

The authorities of Dhaka Medical College Hospital has opened Cervical Cancer Screening Training and Research Center with the aim to train healthcare workers in the country on cervical cancer..Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, director general of the health directorate inaugurated th
27 February 2023, 15:02 PM

No Covid-19 death in 24hrs, positivity rate 0.44%

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
27 February 2023, 11:59 AM

No Covid-19 death in 24hrs, positivity rate 0.51%

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
26 February 2023, 10:51 AM

Does a healthful eating pattern extend life?

Nearly everyone believes that an unhealthful diet has adverse consequences, including heightened risk for early death. A prospective cohort study was conducted to examine the associations of dietary scores for 4 healthy eating patterns with risk of total and cause-specific mortality, which was published in the JAMA Internal Medicine recently.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM

United Kingdom (UK) soft drink taxes associated with decreased obesity in girls

Study tracking childhood obesity in England from 2014-2020 found 8% reduction in obesity among 10-11 year old girls coinciding with 2018 soft drinks industry levy.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Our second brain

From our immune system to our mood, our gut affects everything. My father used to say that most diseases started in the gut. Scientists call the gut-regulating enteric nervous system (ENS) the ‘little brain’ or ‘second brain.’
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM

Wearable cardiac ultrasound device allows measurements during stress testing

Increasingly, the miniaturisation of electronic technology allows tiny microsensors attached to the skin to take continuous physiological measurements — heart rate, oxygen saturation, and even blood pressure.
25 February 2023, 18:00 PM