Liver is the seat of metabolism in the body. Whatever food we eat, after digestion passes through liver. 85-90% of the blood that leaves the stomach and intestines carries important nutrients to the liver where the proteins are processed and broken down into amino acids, carbohydrates into glucose and fats into amino acids.

We are more or less aware about the importance of washing hands. The healthcare professionals and persons responsible for patient care certainly needs to be concerned about hand hygiene and should be able to perform it correctly at the right time.

A recent study from China reported an alarming finding: a gene that confers resistance to certain antibiotics (used against dangerous bacteria) is found in a growing number of bacteria from meat samples in China and from some hospital patients.

Researchers at University College, London have developed a way of finding unique markings within a tumour - its "Achilles heel" - allowing the body to target the disease.

Evidence mounted linking Zika to the birth defect microcephaly, and the United Nations health agency set a review of travel advice related to the outbreak of the virus while US officials planned strategy to control mosquitoes that spread it.

Police recovered seven grenades and ammunition from a septic tank at a compound of Sadar Hospital in Naogaon

Two alliances of 13 student organisations yesterday demanded a fair probe into the recent death of a Dhaka University student and election to all student unions at universities and colleges.

Bangladesh Society for Human Resource Management (BSHRM) organised a press conference last Saturday, February 13 to announce the date of their biggest event of the year.

“There is only one thing common among us all, that is, we are all unique. Each one of us is promised a destiny, a unique place to belong and to excel. Jobs we do are mere spaces of exploration helping us to uncover this destiny. And being guided by this destiny is what makes our journey magical.”

The emotional stress that causes chest pains and breathlessness can occur in moments of joy as well as anger, grief and fear, a Swiss study suggests.

Custom officials seized a container full of foreign cigarettes worth over Tk seven crore at Chittagong port on charge of

Offering the meningitis B vaccine to all children is "not cost effective" and would be a waste of NHS money, the government says.

Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has since spread to many countries in the Americas.

New research gives the first evidence that Zika virus might cause a severe neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Rotarian FM Alamgir has been elected new governor of Rotary International District-3281 Bangladesh for 2018-2019 session.

France has detected its first sexually transmitted case of Zika in a woman whose partner had traveled to Brazil, the epicentre of an outbreak of the virus, a senior health official says.

Labaid Hospital organised a patient awareness programme on osteoporosis in Dhaka by leveraging the slogan — Life is movement,

Mindfulness improves mental, psychological and physical health — lowers rates of fatigue and burn out, lowers blood pressure,

Vitamins are a group of organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition. They are required in small quantities in

Recently, some of the world’s leading scientists and researchers gathered in Boston at the Conference on Retroviruses and