Sharmin Nahar Lucky, Iresh Zaker, Munmun, Mithila and Kankan have joined the Dettol Bangladesh's ‘Give Life a Hand’ campaign with their picture of soap-cleaned hands and video messages on Dettol Bangladesh’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.

The first clinical trial injecting foetal stem cells into babies still in the womb has been announced.

People who can’t resist fidgeting while they work may want to stop trying to kick the habit, because a new study suggests all that toe tapping and pencil rapping may be good for their health.

Coconut water is a popular nutritious drink worldwide. Plenty of health ailments are treated with this natural healthy drink. Due to its nutritional properties, it is consumed by people of all ages. Coconut water contains vitamin B and C, and minerals likes iron, magnesium, zinc, calcium, phosphorus and potassium. People consume this drink fresh or canned.

“Of all the rights of a woman, the greatest is to be a mother”, so said the influential writer and linguist Lin Yutang. But we must not forget that every right comes with a responsibility. A pregnant woman has the charge of nurturing the baby; who is entirely dependent upon her for survival. Diet and nourishment are central and should be taken seriously throughout the pregnancy.

Yesterday I got a very interesting case. According to a mother, her son is okay in all respect. His intelligence, dietary habit, social relationship, school performance are good.

Knee pain is a common symptom in people of all ages. It may start suddenly, often after an injury or exercise. Knee pain may also begin as a mild discomfort, then slowly worsen. The knee is one of the largest joints in the body which carries our body weight. The surface of the bones inside the knee joint is covered by articular cartilage, which absorbs shock and provides a smooth, gliding surface for joint movement.

You can save a child’s life if you simply teach him how to wash hands.

A blood test can more than halve the number of people admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack, say doctors.

A new drug for advanced skin cancer should be made available on the NHS in England, experts recommend.

Governments at 70th UNGA promised to make sustainable development of older people too with the newly adopted SDGs. They discussed in the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, that a new convention is required.

The School of Public Health of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organised a public talk on World Mental Health recently at IUB campus in Dhaka.

Young children given asthma medication before the age of two may not grow to their full height in later life, a preliminary report suggests.

Transfusion medicine is a fast-moving and exciting field of research. But worldwide access to its life-saving interventions is limited to relatively few. In many regions of the developing world access to these treatments is simply not available.

1. Wake up early (whole house); morning has a very special flavour – promise! You will not regret.

A hernia occurs when an organ or fatty tissue squeezes through a weak spot in a surrounding muscle or connective tissue called fascia. The most common types of hernia are inguinal (inner groin), incisional (resulting from an incision), femoral (outer groin), umbilical (belly button), and hiatal (upper stomach).

Being exposed to "good bacteria" early in life could prevent asthma developing, say Canadian scientists.

Sections of DNA that control when women go through the menopause have been identified by scientists.

To achieve a happy and healthy life, it's important to include heart-healthy foods in one's daily routine so as to keep diseases at bay.

Scientists say they are a step closer to growing fully functioning replacement kidneys, after promising results in animals.