Nestlé Nutrition Institute (NNI) organised the convocation of the certification course titled ‘Post Graduate Programme on Paediatric

On the second annual Universal Health Coverage Day yesterday, a coalition of more than 700 organisations in 116 countries came

What to expect as you get older and what to do about it? We all know that aging will likely cause you to develop wrinkles and gray hair.

US scientists discover a new gene therapy technique that is able to modify prostate cancer cells so that a patient's body attacks and kills them.

Being miserable or stressed will not increase your risk of dying, according to the UK's Million Women Study.

Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which the body’s inability to produce any or enough insulin causes elevated levels of glucose in the

Mental health disorders are a growing global concern now a days. The relationship between diet, brain function and the risk of mental

The three-delay model of accessing care is an important consideration for safe motherhood. Decision making delay to use emergency

A man's weight affects the information passed on through his sperm and could leave his children predisposed to obesity, research in

I found some people are very hesitant about their doctor’s diagnosis. Maybe some of them are their friends or very famous and they

The Brazilian health ministry has confirmed a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects.

A follow-up study to assess the effects of personally tailored diabetes care in general practice has revealed that such care reduces mortality in women, but not men, according to a report published on The Lancet. The study was conducted by Dr Marlene Krag, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues.

Have you ever thought about the diseases that come around every winter season? Living in this cold environment three to four months of every year, we tend to get used to the various winter ailments circulating around us. Here are some tips to help you stay away from these ailments.

In Bangladesh, Horlicks is one of the popular malted milk hot drink. It is liked by mom and kids. This popular drink was developed by the founders James and William Horlick. It is now marketed and manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (Consumer Healthcare) in the United

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.

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.