Knee pain is a common symptom in people of all ages. It may start suddenly, often after an injury or exercise. Knee pain may also begin as a mild discomfort, then slowly worsen. The knee is one of the largest joints in the body which carries our body weight. The surface of the bones inside the knee joint is covered by articular cartilage, which absorbs shock and provides a smooth, gliding surface for joint movement.

You can save a child’s life if you simply teach him how to wash hands.

Bangladesh remains far behind what is needed to minimise the pain and sufferings of patients when they know their

Psychological well-being is much more important than physical wellbeing as people of the 21st century spend days in great stress, said Dhaka University Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique yesterday.

A blood test can more than halve the number of people admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack, say doctors.

Minister for Industries Amir Hossain Amu reiterated the government's commitment to ensure occupational safety and

A new drug for advanced skin cancer should be made available on the NHS in England, experts recommend.

Muggers robbed a family carrying a patient in an ambulance at Bondbil in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district on Monday. Abu Bakar

Governments at 70th UNGA promised to make sustainable development of older people too with the newly adopted SDGs. They discussed in the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, that a new convention is required.

The School of Public Health of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a public talk on World Mental Health recently at IUB campus in Dhaka.

Young children given asthma medication before the age of two may not grow to their full height in later life, a preliminary report suggests.

Transfusion medicine is a fast-moving and exciting field of research. But worldwide access to its life-saving interventions is limited to relatively few. In many regions of the developing world access to these treatments is simply not available.

1. Wake up early (whole house); morning has a very special flavour – promise! You will not regret.

A hernia occurs when an organ or fatty tissue squeezes through a weak spot in a surrounding muscle or connective tissue called fascia. The most common types of hernia are inguinal (inner groin), incisional (resulting from an incision), femoral (outer groin), umbilical (belly button), and hiatal (upper stomach).

Mobile courts on Wednesday sentenced 31 fishermen to one year's imprisonment each for netting hilsa in the Meghna River for violation of the ongoing temporary ban.

Being exposed to "good bacteria" early in life could prevent asthma developing, say Canadian scientists.

Sections of DNA that control when women go through the menopause have been identified by scientists.

To achieve a happy and healthy life, it's important to include heart-healthy foods in one's daily routine so as to keep diseases at bay.

The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on Friday with due solemnity and religious fervour.

Scientists say they are a step closer to growing fully functioning replacement kidneys, after promising results in animals.