Renuka Hadapad gave birth to triplets on 25 October 2016 in Koppal, India. Despite a seamless birth in the district hospital, the triplets

Hand, foot and mouth disease is common in children but can also occur in adults. Now a days school going children especially in the

They do not call it a disease for nothing. Here is how being sedentary can shorten your life — and what you can do about it.

That children from the slums of Dhaka have an unequal start in life is not a revelation. Sanitation systems are poor or non-existent, poverty affects nutrition levels, and access to advanced health care is limited.

Women who breastfeed their babies for six months or more may be able to cut their risk of developing diabetes in the future by nearly half, according to a study.

Without a good posture, your overall health and total efficiency may be compromised. Since the long-term effects of poor posture can be on your bodily systems (such as digestion, breathing, muscles, joints and ligaments), a person who has a poor posture may often be tired or unable to work efficiently or move properly.

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority is monitoring the withdrawal of a French baby milk product from the market that has been found contaminated with bacteria.

The air quality alert programme in Toronto (Canada) had limited effects in protecting the public’s health from air pollution between 2003

The benefits of a healthy diet may be greatest in those at the highest genetic risk for obesity, according to a study in The BMJ.

As schools reopened on 1st January after the winter break, children in Ukhia sub-district of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, lined up to not

Scarf is a part of the traditional dress of women in Bangladesh. Women wear it in different styles. But it can cause harm, sometimes

Some health problems, such as asthma, sore throat and cold sores, are triggered or worsened by cold weather. Here is how to deal with cold weather ailments.

About 11,956 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in Bangladesh every year and over 6,582 die of the disease, experts say, adding that no woman should die of cervical cancer as it can be treated and cured if it is diagnosed early.

With temperatures dipping and a cold wave sweeping throughout the country, ailments common to winter are rising, especially among children.

Use of multivitamin or folic acid supplements before or during pregnancy is associated with reduced risk for autism in the offspring,

Stuck in stuffy nose hell? As tempting as it is to blow through a tissue box a day, the temporary relief you might feel is not worth it. Put

At the end of December 2017, World Health Organisation (WHO) prequalified the first conjugate vaccine for typhoid, Bharat Biotech’s

A lack of robust surveillance and data on enteric fever — typhoid and paratyphoid fever — contributes to difficulty in studying,

The abuse of narcotics drugs has increased manifold in Bangladesh including its production and involvement of terrorists groups with

Sleeping less than 8 hours a night is linked to intrusive and repetitive thoughts like those seen in anxiety and depression, reports a new study.