Global health milestone: single-dose pill for sleeping sickness gains EU support
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Empty clinics, ailing villages: Bangladesh’s quiet rural health crisis
15 March 2026, 00:14 AM
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Global partners launch $54m effort to boost maternal nutrition in Africa
15 March 2026, 00:12 AM
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Bangladesh’s CHRF wins prestigious Wellcome grant to study severe viral pneumonia in children
15 March 2026, 00:11 AM
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The growing challenge of rare tumours — and the centres built to treat them
15 March 2026, 00:19 AM
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Study links e-cigarettes to higher blood pressure risk
15 March 2026, 00:08 AM
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24 February 2026, 10:30 AM
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A new approach to treating milk allergy in young children
Regular consumption of milk in baked goods speeds resolution of milk allergy. Most children with milk allergy outgrow it, but only half do so by age 5 years. Studies show that for patients who can tolerate extensively heated and baked milk (EHBM), such as in muffins and cookies, regular consumption may speed resolution of food allergy.
3 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Sharing knowledge on latest treatment methods in Dhaka
Farrer Park Hospital affirms friendship with Bangladesh through sharing of knowledge and expertise, says a press release. The hospital has been bringing specialists to share knowledge and expertise with the people and doctors of Bangladesh.
3 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Pre-exposure prophylaxis found safe and effective for widespread use
New research presented at the HIV Drug Therapy Conference in Glasgow recently shows that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could be given to millions of people worldwide with no increased risk of safety issues during treatment.
3 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Young people and mental health in a changing world
Adolescence and the early years of adulthood are a time of life when many changes occur, for example changing schools, leaving home,
3 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Breaking the silence: menstrual hygiene in Bangladesh
The taboo around menstrual health is still as prevalent in the society of Bangladesh as it was for many years — despite the issue concerning half of the population. These taboos emerge from an absence of proper awareness and management of menstrual hygiene, causing more complications to the already sensitive and painful occurrence.
3 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Father’s nicotine use can cause cognitive problems in children
A father’s exposure to nicotine may cause cognitive deficits in his children and even grandchildren, according to a study in mice published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology.
27 October 2018, 18:00 PM
An alternative to surgery for some meniscal tears
Physical therapy (PT) seems to be a reasonable alternative to early surgery for adults with non-obstructive meniscal tears, according to a non-inferiority trial in JAMA.
27 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Alcohol consumption and the risk for dementia
In a 23-year study, long-term moderate alcohol consumption was associated with lower dementia risk.
27 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Improving primary health care, starting with better data
On the sidelines of the Global Conference on Primary Health Care, countries from around the world joined the Primary Health Care
27 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Strengthen your bones and prevent osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a condition of bone characterised by low bone mass and loss of bone tissue that may lead to weak and fragile bone.
27 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Millions with high blood sugar face TB risk
Millions of people with high blood sugar may be at greater risk of tuberculosis than previously thought, scientists say, warning that diabetes and TB could combine to create the "perfect storm" of disease.
27 October 2018, 06:13 AM
Plastics have entered human food chain, study shows
Bits of plastic is detected in the faeces of people in Europe, Russia and Japan, according to research claiming to show for the first time the widespread presence of plastics in the human food chain.
23 October 2018, 14:35 PM
Everyone must act to ban virginity testing
Virginity testing — a gynecological examination conducted under the belief that it determines whether a woman or girl has had vaginal intercourse — must end, says UN Human Rights, UN Women and the World Health Organisation (WHO).
20 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Common winter illnesses in children
Winter is knocking at the door and few diseases are quite common in our children at this time. Most of the diseases that affect children in winter are common cold, bronchiolitis, pneumonia, tonsillitis and sore throat, asthma, earache, whooping cough, stomach flu or viral diarrhoea, scabies etc.
20 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Healthy diets might reduce the risk for depression
The most definitive effects on incidence of depression were found with the Mediterranean diet in a meta-analysis of 41 studies.
20 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Drinking more water can prevent recurrent urinary tract infections in younger women
Increasing water intake helps prevent recurrent urinary tract infections in younger women with low fluid consumption, a JAMA Internal Medicine study finds.
20 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Single dose calcium may help reducing maternal mortality
Bangladesh has made a remarkable success in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), specially when a reduction of 70% women were dying from labour. In the ‘70s, 650 in every 100,000 live births dramatically stands for only 194 now which is a history in the global health. The achievement was possible because of sustained Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of over 6 percent, reduction of poverty and accessing universal health coverage.
20 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Being kind really does give us a warm glow inside
New UK research finds that the warm glow we feel after helping others is real, with brain scans showing that the reward centre in the brain is activated after an act of kindness.
17 October 2018, 04:57 AM
Weight loss can put type 2 diabetes into remission
In 2017, the landmark Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) revealed that type 2 diabetes can be reversed in some adults by following an intensive weight management programme, but no-one knew why.
13 October 2018, 18:00 PM
A simpler solution with once- daily dosing and reduced risk of nocturnal hypoglycaemia
When treated with once-daily Ryzodeg®, people with type 2 diabetes achieved similar blood sugar control with half the number of daily injections, significantly lower total daily insulin dose and significantly reduced risk of nocturnal hypoglycaemia in the Step by Step trial compared with once-daily insulin glargine U100 plus once-daily insulin aspart after 26 weeks — says a press release.
13 October 2018, 18:00 PM