Mashrafe to work for raising diabetes awareness

Danish company Novo Nordisk has launched a campaign in Bangladesh by engaging Bangladesh Cricket Team Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza as the brand ambassador to create awareness on the prevention, detection, management and control of diabetes.
28 October 2016

Field Buzz named champion of Seedstars Dhaka 2016

When we talk about startups and co-founders, we usually think about Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Elon Musk, or even Jack Ma. But today, I am going to tell you a different story—the story of Habib, Mamun, Siffat and Ayman. Who are they? They are the winners of the Dhaka round of Seedstars World.
27 October 2016

PM seeks doctors' help to implement SDG

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks doctors' sincere support to implement the 15-year Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to make the country's healthcare system befitting to time.
26 October 2016

Autism study shows lasting benefits of early interaction

A year-long training programme to help parents communicate with their very young autistic children reduced symptoms of the disorder up to six years later, according to a follow-up analysis.
26 October 2016

A seminar on hyper-tension organised

Bangladesh Society of Medicine organised a Scientific Seminar on Hypertension at Dhaka Club on October 10, 2016 — says a
22 October 2016

National deworming week has started

Nationwide deworming week (October 22-27, 2016) has started from yesterday running in all primary schools. A massive
22 October 2016

Tarry a while ...

The furor in the media and the uproar of the masses against the recent issuing of death certificates on two living neonates by
22 October 2016

Agents of women empowerment

The BRAC health programme addresses the health and nutritional status of women and children in Bangladesh and covers 120
22 October 2016

Drinking two sweetened drinks per day could double the risk of diabetes

Drinking two or more sweetened drinks per day could greatly increase your risk of diabetes, according to new research. In fact, it
22 October 2016

Demand urged for medical technologists

Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) Medical Technologist Society recently organised a press conference in the national
22 October 2016

New blood test could detect cardiac diseases in unsuspected patients

Researchers have developed a blood test that may help detect heart disease in asymptomatic individuals by measuring the immune
15 October 2016

Global strategy on diet, physical activity and health

The Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–2020 proposes that “as appropriate to national
15 October 2016

Bangladeshi women lack basic lifesaving drugs in pregnancy and childbirth

Global health organisation PATH and a local NGO SERAC-Bangladesh recently joined together to highlight the fact that many
15 October 2016

What to do if you hate needles

What you are experiencing is called a vasovagal response, a reflex that occurs when your body overreacts to certain triggers, like blood or
15 October 2016

Call for better working conditions for midwives

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners are calling for an end to the discrimination, harassment and lack of respect that
15 October 2016

Dubai's Burj Khalifa lit up in pink for breast cancer

The facade of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, lights up in pink to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer.
14 October 2016

16 crore on the table for Seedstars World winner

Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is returning to Dhaka on October 19.
13 October 2016

More young Asian women are diagnosed with breast cancer

The spike in the disease, breast cancer, has been attributed to a number of factors such as the lack of screening programmes, population density, scarcity of resources, and cultural restrictions and limitations.
9 October 2016

Dietary saturated fat linked to aggressive prostate cancer

Men with prostate cancer may be more likely to have the most serious form of the disease if their diet contains a lot of fat from
8 October 2016

Confusion over newborn’s death

Declaration of newborn death first in Faridpur and later in Chittagong, recently made a very chaotic situation in Bangladesh.
8 October 2016