Health alert
Climate change behind prolonged dengue season
In the first 22 days in November, the country has already witnessed over 123 deaths and 23,009 dengue cases, showing an alarming trend this year.
Pneumonia, associated symptoms: 89 children die in 17 days at Shishu Hospital
With a cannula in her right hand, three-and-half-year-old Madeya Momtaz was receiving treatment while lying on a bed in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital.
Dengue Fever: 1 dead, 201 hospitalised
One more dengue patient died while 201 others were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.
Dengue claims 2 more lives
Two more dengue patients died and 14 were hospitalised in the 24 hours till yesterday morning.
Dengue claims 8 lives in a day
Eight dengue patients died, while 765 were admitted to hospitals across the country yesterday.
‘Pink eye’ prevalence in the port city
There has been a sudden increase in conjunctivitis (inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye) patients in Chattogram city for over two weeks.
The dangerous rise of dengue
Twenty-four dengue patients have died so far in the country, of whom, 21 died in the last eight months.
Dengue cases double between July, Aug
August witnessed 3,551 dengue cases, more than double the number recorded in July. This indicates that the dengue situation is further deteriorating.
Air pollution killing thousands of children globally
Every day around 93% of the world's children under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk.
Manganese plays a key role in bacterial infection
The ability to acquire manganese during infection is essential for the virulence of Enterococcus faecalis in animals, according to a study published September 20 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by José Lemos of the University of Florida College of Dentistry, and colleagues.
Stand-alone HPV testing recommended as cervical cancer screening option
Women aged 30 to 65 years can now choose primary high-risk human papillomavirus (hrHPV) testing as an option for cervical cancer screening, according to guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published in JAMA.
Alcohol is associated with 2.8 million deaths each year worldwide
Alcohol is a leading risk factor for death and disease worldwide, and is associated with nearly one in 10 deaths in people aged 15-49 years old, according to a Global Burden of Disease study published in The Lancet that estimates levels of alcohol use and health effects in 195 countries between 1990 to 2016.
How blood sugar levels affect your body
Your kidneys have to work hard to process all that extra sugar in your blood. When they cannot keep up, your body gets rid of it, along with water that your body needs.
Do cell phones cause cancer?
Two draft reports from the National Toxicology Programme (NTP), released recently, offer mixed findings on a potential association
Why sitting too much is bad for your health
They do not call it a disease for nothing. Here is how being sedentary can shorten your life — and what you can do about it.
Control of drug abuse is a must
The abuse of narcotics drugs has increased manifold in Bangladesh including its production and involvement of terrorists groups with
Cerebral vasculitis and its facts
Life of Mayor Anisul Haque was claimed by cerebral vasculitis. It is an inflammation of the intracranial blood vessels. Small, medium
Group-B strep responsible for 150,000 stillbirths, baby deaths every year
A bacterial infection found in one in five pregnant women worldwide is responsible for an estimated 147,000 stillbirths and infant deaths each year, and a vaccine is urgently needed, researchers say.