A very recent scientific statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) said that adolescents with major depression and bipolar mood disorder have increased risk of getting early heart disease and therefore must need early intervention to prevent it.

The world is poised to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 – provided it can accelerate the pace of progress achieved globally over the past 15 years, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report, says a press release. Already, much has been achieved. This year, the Millennium Development Goal that called for halting and reversing the spread of HIV on a global basis was met.

Creative IT has undertaken a special project titled 'Earn first, pay the course fee later' to provide the talented but financially

The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts say.

The World Health Organization's failure to sound the alarm until months into West Africa's Ebola outbreak was an "egregious failure" which added to the enormous suffering and death toll, global health experts say.

A medical dressing that changes colour when it detects infection could cut the unnecessary use of antibiotics, say scientists at Bath University.

Ms. Lutfe Ara, Head of the Clinical Governance Unit of icddr,b has received the prestigious “Best International Abstract Award” from “Association for Professional in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)” — a Washington based international organisation for public health professional to prevent the infection control.

Injuries to children caused by batteries have been documented in the medical literature for decades. An infant was playing with his toys at home and he swallowed a coin-shaped battery from his toy while playing. The parents noticed it and rushed the child to a local hospital immediately.

Social media such as Facebook (FB) and other sites defines a deal of Internet sites that allow responsible people from all over the globe to interact. And this can be through discussion, photos, video and audio. But today, fascinatingly researchers found that people who are more anxious and socially insecure are more likely to use these sites.

November 17 is World Prematurity Day. Each year this day is devoted to raising awareness of preterm birth and the concerns of premature babies and their families. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm around the world each year.

Population is an unbearable burden for Bangladesh and it happens to be the most densely populated country in the world. The area of Bangladesh is too small to support its vast population. As a result over-population creates a lot of critical problems. All the problems eventually lead to a general problem named poverty. Hence, it could be safely said that the poverty of our country is largely an aftermath of its population problem.

It is never easy to give up something with which you’re habituated, therefore quitting cigarettes, after years of ‘togetherness’ must be extremely difficult. The good news is: nothing is impossible in this world just like quitting cigarettes. To give up smoking, you need determination, they say.

Infection with a species of parasitic worm increases the fertility of women, say scientists.

Better Bangladesh, a youth development organisation, launched their first workshop on career development on November 14th.

The world is on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic era", scientists have warned after finding bacteria resistant to drugs used when all other treatments have failed.

US surgeons say they have carried out the world's most extensive face transplant to date, including the entire scalp, ears and eyelids.

Smartphones, tablets and e-readers should have an automatic "bedtime mode" that stops them disrupting people's sleep, says a leading doctor.

Nowadays social media has taken the human race by storm. Throughout the world Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter etc. are now used by 1 in 4 people. Such activity may seem harmless but scientists advocate this can affect our health (especially mental) and happiness.

Diabetes is a metabolic disease that occurs due to absolute insulin deficiency (type-1 diabetes) or inadequate insulin secretion or action (type-2 diabetes). Insulin is needed for entry of glucose into the cells after food metabolism which is hampered in diabetes, resulting in increase blood glucose level.

Cox's Bazar Women and Children's Hospital — a project of Hope Foundation serves the people living in remotest area of Bangladesh. In some specialised services like fistula operation, they provide tertiary care at free of cost which is even rare in some district level hospitals.