There are few truer snapshots of a country’s wellbeing than its health statistics. While broad economic indicators such as Gross Domestic Product may skew impressions of individual prosperity, data on disease and death reveal how a population is truly faring.

Activities of Daily Living (ADL) is very important for every person in their personal lives. There are three types of ADLs we do in our daily routine like i) self care, ii) productivity; and iii) leisure.

Air pollution caused one in seven new cases of diabetes in 2016, a US study says, which found even low levels raised the chances of developing the chronic disease.

Guppy fish can be one of the five most effective forms of dengue control, as these tiny fish can be placed in water vessels in and around homes, where they will eat the larvae of dengue-transmitting mosquitoes.

Life expectancy at birth increased to 72 years last year in Bangladesh from 71.6 years in 2016, according to a survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Childhood deaths from two leading bacterial causes of pneumonia and meningitis, pneumococcus and Hib,

Survival rates for blood cancers — including lymphoma, myeloma and some types of leukaemia — have dramatically increased over the past decade, due in great part to novel treatment approaches including molecularly-targeted therapies and immunotherapies.

Having a demanding job and little control over it is associated with an increased risk of premature death in men with coronary heart disease, stroke, or diabetes,

Obesity is recognised as a disease nowadays. It is not only because of overeating. The cause of obesity is multifactorial.

Nowadays, vitiligo became a social problem in Bangladesh. Unexpectedly most people for the lack of health knowledge indicate this disorder as a contagious disease.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads thousands of people in marking the fourth edition of International Yoga Day celebrations by performing breathing exercises and ‘asanas.’

Millions of people around the world will roll out their yoga mats on June 21 to mark the fourth edition of International Yoga Day.

The recent deaths of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain have cast a spotlight on a jarring spike in suicides worldwide and on the importance of confronting the issue.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepts the fitness challenge given to him by Indian Captain Virat Kohli on his twitter account.

Global warming is expected to make vegetables significantly scarcer around the world, unless new growing practices and resilient crop varieties are adopted, researchers warn.

Major depressive disorder in older age (70 years or older) is associated with poorer prognosis, compared with younger people,

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute self -limited vasculitis of childhood that is characterised by fever, bilateral non-exudative conjunctivitis,

Precision medicine is a medical model that proposes the customisation of healthcare with medical decisions, treatments, practices or products being tailored to the individual patient.

Colorectal cancer screening should begin at age 45 for average-risk adults, according to new guidelines from the American Cancer Society (ACS) published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

You probably know that you need to eat fewer calories to lose weight. But it can be hard to know how to make it happen every day. Here are a few ways for you to cut the calories.