World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilising efforts in support of mental health.

A dengue patient dies at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH).

Eating more nuts is associated with less weight gain over time, according to an observational study in the BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health.

Mothers exposed to intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries are less likely to initiate breastfeeding early and breastfeed exclusively in the first six months, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.

Sheikh Fazilatunnessa Mujib Memorial KPJ Specialised Hospital and Nursing College celebrated the World Heart Day at their premises recently.

Patients with severe asthma which is not controlled with standard treatment – leaving them at risk of severe asthma attacks – could benefit from using a single inhaler combining three,

Artificial intelligence (AI) appears to detect diseases from medical imaging with similar levels of accuracy as health-care professionals, according to the first systematic review and meta-analysis, synthesising all the available evidence from the scientific literature published in The Lancet Digital Health journal.

Pain in older people is highly prevalent and regarded as ‘normal’ in later life. Hence, sufferings associated with persistent pain in older people often left without the appropriate assessment and treatment.

Saima Wazed Hossain, chairperson of Bangladesh National Advisory Committee for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, has been listed among 100 “Innovative Women Leaders in Global Mental Health”.

The Paediatric Cardiology department of Apollo Hospitals Dhaka celebrated the ‘World Heart Day 2019’ by offering treatment for under privileged children with congenital heart diseases like Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) and Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD), says a press release.

Soft drink consumption has been associated not only with weight gain and obesity but also with excess mortality in U.S. studies.

Obesity is linked to a nearly 6-fold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), with high genetic risk and unfavourable lifestyle also increasing risk but to a much lesser extent. The findings were presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Spain.

Human genes help make them unique as the basis for inheritance. They are passed from parent to offspring and hold the DNA, the instruction for making proteins which do most of the work in cells.

World Heart Day 2019 focuses on creating a global community of heart heroes. People from all walks of life who are acting now to live longer, better, heart-healthy lives by making a promise.

Many of the hundreds of e-cigarette users who have developed lung problems in recent months, some of them fatal, used black market marijuana products, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Nonhuman primates with clinically undetectable Plasmodium relapse infections still harbor parasitic gametocytes that may be infectious to mosquitoes, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens recently. The study has important epidemiological implications relevant to malaria elimination strategies.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found significant amounts of vitamin E acetate in most of the tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) vaping products tested from people who have become ill with severe respiratory illness. The agency says that “it is prudent to avoid inhaling this substance.”

Adolescents’ risk for problems like depression and anxiety increases as the amount of time they spend on social media increases, according to a prospective, longitudinal study in JAMA Psychiatry.

Novo Nordisk announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Rybelsus® (oral semaglutide tablets) on Friday September 20, 2019, as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycaemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a hereditary deadly disease affecting mainly the lungs. It is an inborn disease and the chance is more in children when the parents are cousins.