When a foreign object enters your eye, you will know right away. Whether it is an eyelash, dust particle, or tiny piece of sand, chances are

The word probiotics means promoting life. Bodies are full of bacteria, both good and bad. Good, friendly and helpful live bacteria are

Owning a dog can help older adults get more exercise, according to a small UK study.

More than 5,000 Indians have lined up in the country's south, pinching their noses and sticking their tongues out to swallow live fish in an unusual traditional treatment for asthma.

A total of 23 areas in Dhaka city were identified as most risky for Chikungunya disease, says a report.

A new study has found that eating just one egg a day is associated with increased growth in young children.

The preliminary results of a new US study suggest that waking up later on weekends than during the week is contributing to a variety of health problems, as well as making us feel even more tired.

A session at this year’s Euroanaesthesia congress in Geneva, Switzerland (3-5 June) will focus on the international variation in the

Ramadan times and present summer days seem to bring about many symptoms mainly due to the hot weather.

Diarrhoea is one of the world’s leading causes of child illness and death, and rotavirus is the most common cause of severe diarrhoea.

The foundational basis for the pneumonia etiology results from the PERCH (Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health) project have

Bangladesh scored 52 at a healthcare index as per the new Global Burden of Disease study published in the medical journal The Lancet.

Action to stamp out tobacco use can help countries prevent millions of people falling ill and dying from tobacco-related disease, combat poverty and, according to a first-ever World Health Organisation (WHO) report, reduce large-scale environmental degradation.

Cardiovascular patients should follow at least three rules during the holy month of Ramadan to stay safe from heart failure or cardiac arrest or other severe ailments, an expert says.

Wednesday, May 31, 2017 is the World Health Organization's (WHO) annual World No Tobacco Day. For those planning on using the day as their quit date, we've rounded up eight top tips from the WHO to make 2017 the year you successfully quit smoking.

A 34-year-old woman tried to have a baby for 15 years before she turns to a pioneering doctor in Ukraine and a groundbreaking but ethically disputed "three-parent" procedure.

Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization says, also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste.

There are harmful personal effects just from thinking about secrets, reveals a new research. In other words, keeping secrets is unhealthy as secrecy has been associated with depression, anxiety, and poor physical health, according to researchers at Columbia Business School of US.

India has reported cases of the Zika virus, the World Health Organization said, adding that efforts should be made to strengthen surveillance.

New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Porto, Portugal (17-20 May) suggests that overweight boys may