World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomes the commitment by the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) to align with the

Living alone is positively associated with common mental disorders, regardless of age and sex, according to a recent study published in

Obesity worldwide, including in Bangladesh, is increasing more quickly in rural areas than in cities, a study reports, challenging a long-held assumption that the global epidemic of excess weight is mainly an urban problem.

A recent study shows that emotional crying will help you lose weight because it is linked to hormones that heighten the cortisol level, which is induced when you have bottled up emotions.

The era of doctors prescribing patients powerful antibiotics while they wait for lab reports could soon be numbered, with a new device returning results within minutes instead of days.

A rights group serves a legal notice to authorities concerned asking them to seize or withdraw the substandard food products from the market in Bangladesh immediately.

In summers, dehydration of body is often common and is caused because of reasons such as insufficient intake of water or spending too much time outdoors under the sun. Dehydrated body leads to dehydrated skin which looks dull and dry. Few foods can help to keep skin hydrated and nourished during hot weather.

Use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has led to substantial reductions in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in high- and middle-income countries.

More than half of parents underestimated their children’s classification as overweight or obese-children themselves and health professionals also share this misperception, according to new research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Apollo Hospitals Dhaka organised an awareness programme titled ‘Heart Disease Can’t Take the Smile Away’ recently in Dhaka, says a press release. The main objective of this awareness programme was to create awareness about child heart diseases.

Thalassaemia is the most common congenital disorder in Bangladesh. It is estimated that nearly 14,000 thalassaemic children are born every year in our country.

Tuberculosis (TB) in children is a neglected aspect of the TB epidemic. Even though TB is a preventable and curable disease, it continues to impact the lives and development potentials of millions of children.

New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity in Glasgow, Scotland shows that individuals with obesity who commute by car have a 32% higher risk of death, from any cause, compared with those individuals with a normal weight and commute via cycling and walking.

The growing use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has increased the visibility and acceptability of nonsurgical brain stimulation approaches to depression treatment.

The American Diabetes Association’s new consensus report on medical nutrition therapy includes, for the first time, advice on patients with prediabetes. Among the recommendations, published in Diabetes Care:

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is a specialised oxygen treatment that enhances the body’s natural healing processes. It is called the oxygen revolution therapy due to the marvelous outcome of treatment.

Proponents of electronic cigarettes often advocate use of e-cigarettes (“vaping”) to facilitate smoking cessation. Like many other parts of the world, vaping is increasing also in Bangladesh. Now there is a great hope for those who start vaping as a tool of smoking cessation.

Amidst increasing cases and outbreaks of measles globally, World Health Organisation (WHO) calls upon countries in South-East Asia Region to further accelerate efforts to ensure that everyone, everywhere receives the lifesaving benefits of immunisation.

Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion. However, when a person regularly feels disproportionate levels of anxiety, it might become a medical disorder and there might be physical symptoms. Some of them are listed below:

Anal fistula is the medical term for an infected tunnel that develops between the skin and anus.