Cancer is overwhelmingly a result of environmental factors and not largely down to bad luck, a study suggests.

Researchers found out how many miles a week you need to run to improve your health — and it’s surprisingly low.

A new framework to eliminate human rabies and save tens of thousands of lives each year has been launched by the World Health

"One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine", once said William Osler. Some believe he is the

Nestlé Nutrition Institute (NNI) organised the convocation of the certification course titled ‘Post Graduate Programme on Paediatric

On the second annual Universal Health Coverage Day yesterday, a coalition of more than 700 organisations in 116 countries came

What to expect as you get older and what to do about it? We all know that aging will likely cause you to develop wrinkles and gray hair.

US scientists discover a new gene therapy technique that is able to modify prostate cancer cells so that a patient's body attacks and kills them.

Being miserable or stressed will not increase your risk of dying, according to the UK's Million Women Study.

A man's weight affects the information passed on through his sperm and could leave his children predisposed to obesity, research in

I found some people are very hesitant about their doctor’s diagnosis. Maybe some of them are their friends or very famous and they

Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which the body’s inability to produce any or enough insulin causes elevated levels of glucose in the

Mental health disorders are a growing global concern now a days. The relationship between diet, brain function and the risk of mental

The three-delay model of accessing care is an important consideration for safe motherhood. Decision making delay to use emergency

Samsung Electronics Bangladesh has awarded 72 graduates who have passed the ARISE program of the Dhaka Polytechnic Institute. ARISE, which stands for Advanced Repair and Industrial Skill Enhancement, is a six month-long training program for the final year students to develop basic technical and people skills.

Haat Bazar, a day-long business and entrepreneurship simulation by Career & Placement Centre and the Department of Management of North South University, was successfully held on the 25th November for the fourth time since fall 2014 by Young Entrepreneurs Society (YES!), the business club of North South University. The goal of the event was for the students enrolled in the Entrepreneurship course to gain exposure on being a real-life entrepreneur for a day, frosting it with a first-hand experience of the problems a real business could face.

The Brazilian health ministry has confirmed a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects.

A follow-up study to assess the effects of personally tailored diabetes care in general practice has revealed that such care reduces mortality in women, but not men, according to a report published on The Lancet. The study was conducted by Dr Marlene Krag, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues.

Have you ever thought about the diseases that come around every winter season? Living in this cold environment three to four months of every year, we tend to get used to the various winter ailments circulating around us. Here are some tips to help you stay away from these ailments.

In Bangladesh, Horlicks is one of the popular malted milk hot drink. It is liked by mom and kids. This popular drink was developed by the founders James and William Horlick. It is now marketed and manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (Consumer Healthcare) in the United