Skip to main content
Home
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Main navigation

  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Slow Reads
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Feature
    • Lifestyle
    • Showbiz
    • Campus
    • My Dhaka
    • Rising Star
    • Satireday
    • Books & Literature
    • In Focus
    • Shift
    • Star Youth
    • Toggle
  • More
    • Books & Literature
    • Country News
    • Environment
    • Law & Our Rights
    • NRB
    • Supplements
    • Youth
  • E-paper
  • Today’s News
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
  • E-paper
  • Today’s News
  • News
    • National
    • International
    • Economy
    • Politics
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Columns
    • Letters to the Editor
  • Business
    • Banking
    • Corporate News
    • Stock Market
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion

Dr Muhammad Torequl Islam

Health hazards of too much screen time

Without the use of colour screens, the present age is deprived of modernity. Especially for various needs, we have to use mobile devices and computers for a long time. Moreover, computer use has long been one of the main means of livelihood for many of us.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Nutritional effects on pregnancy

During pregnancy, nutrition is more important than ever. Because a pregnant woman needs more of many important nutrients than a normal, non-pregnant woman. It should be noted that a lactating woman requires additional nutritional support. Therefore, the selection and consumption of healthy foods will help to give birth to healthy babies, i.e., babies with proper body weight and proper physiological functions. This also helps to maintain the health of pregnant women.
25 March 2023, 18:00 PM

DNA vaccination: A challenging cancer therapeutic strategy

Immunotherapies have gained much attention nowadays in the treatment of cancer. Among them, therapeutic DNA cancer vaccines are now considered a very promising strategy to activate the immune system against cancer tumour.
24 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Vitiligo does not spread by touch

Vitiligo commonly known as Sheti in Bangladesh, is a depigmentation disorder affects the skin melanocyte cells by our own immune system  - mainly the T lymphocyte. Many factors are associated for vitiligo. In Bangladesh, many people assume it  a contagious disease - but scientifically it is a myth. It occurs for the hyperactivity of the body’s defense system that kills the melanin producing cells.
22 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Vitamin K deficiency, a critical factor in chronic kidney disease

Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin found in food and supplements. Vitamin K is needed for blood coagulation and calcium-binding in bones and
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Dietary modification: an alternative approach to migraine prophylaxis

Migraine can be defined as a primary headache, characterized by frequent headaches from mild to severe, usually affecting one side of the head and sustaining for hours to three days. This disorder can be ranked as the most prevalent consequence of the disability of people under 50 years of age. Approximately 14.4% of global adults have migraines.
28 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Slow poisoning from food served in printed or used paper

From village to town, printed and used paper is widely used in Bangladesh to serve food, especially street food. But the real question is how safe it is for our health. The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has also warned about using printed paper and polythene for serving oily and warm food, but the implementation of the decision is not properly regulated.
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Selfitis: the selfie caused mental disorder

Selfie is a well-known word in the modern world of social media violence.
3 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Health hazards of too much screen time

Without the use of colour screens, the present age is deprived of modernity. Especially for various needs, we have to use mobile devices and computers for a long time. Moreover, computer use has long been one of the main means of livelihood for many of us.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Nutritional effects on pregnancy

During pregnancy, nutrition is more important than ever. Because a pregnant woman needs more of many important nutrients than a normal, non-pregnant woman. It should be noted that a lactating woman requires additional nutritional support. Therefore, the selection and consumption of healthy foods will help to give birth to healthy babies, i.e., babies with proper body weight and proper physiological functions. This also helps to maintain the health of pregnant women.
25 March 2023, 18:00 PM

DNA vaccination: A challenging cancer therapeutic strategy

Immunotherapies have gained much attention nowadays in the treatment of cancer. Among them, therapeutic DNA cancer vaccines are now considered a very promising strategy to activate the immune system against cancer tumour.
24 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Vitiligo does not spread by touch

Vitiligo commonly known as Sheti in Bangladesh, is a depigmentation disorder affects the skin melanocyte cells by our own immune system  - mainly the T lymphocyte. Many factors are associated for vitiligo. In Bangladesh, many people assume it  a contagious disease - but scientifically it is a myth. It occurs for the hyperactivity of the body’s defense system that kills the melanin producing cells.
22 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Vitamin K deficiency, a critical factor in chronic kidney disease

Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin found in food and supplements. Vitamin K is needed for blood coagulation and calcium-binding in bones and
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Dietary modification: an alternative approach to migraine prophylaxis

Migraine can be defined as a primary headache, characterized by frequent headaches from mild to severe, usually affecting one side of the head and sustaining for hours to three days. This disorder can be ranked as the most prevalent consequence of the disability of people under 50 years of age. Approximately 14.4% of global adults have migraines.
28 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Slow poisoning from food served in printed or used paper

From village to town, printed and used paper is widely used in Bangladesh to serve food, especially street food. But the real question is how safe it is for our health. The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has also warned about using printed paper and polythene for serving oily and warm food, but the implementation of the decision is not properly regulated.
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Selfitis: the selfie caused mental disorder

Selfie is a well-known word in the modern world of social media violence.
3 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Overcoming the pandemic: Do we need a far-reaching plan?

The Spanish flu infected about 500 million people in 26 months. Its four-phased outbreaks killed at least 50 million people in the world. Looking at
5 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Thalassaemia must be prevented

Thalassaemia is an inherited disorder that is passed down through parents to offspring and results in inappropriate structure or fewer amounts of red blood cell (RBC) in the body.
8 May 2021, 18:00 PM

What to do in case of antibody resistance in COVID-19?

Generally, the humoral immune system relies strongly on the production of specific antibodies for a successful immune response against a certain
24 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Causes and misconceptions of miscarriage

Miscarriage is a common consequence of pregnancy. In most cases, 12-15% of miscarriages occur within 20 weeks of conception. However,
7 November 2020, 18:00 PM

COVID-19 may rule over dark-skinned people

Approximately 80% of people in the world are pigmented. Melanin, one of the major skin colour contributors which protect our skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation is evident to absorb the UVB photons,
18 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Vitamin C and COVID-19 infection

Vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, is an essential micronutrient for humans. Deficiency of this vitamin results in impaired immunity and higher susceptibility to infections.
13 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Dietary supplements may help fight novel coronavirus infection

The novel coronavirus has caused infection to over millions of individuals and more than thousands of deaths in hundreds of countries across the world.
4 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Is arsenic a threat to the Bangladeshi livelihoods?

Arsenic poisoning is a global health issue affecting millions of people worldwide. It naturally occurs with ubiquitous distribution throughout the earth’s crust, groundwater, air and food products.
4 January 2020, 18:00 PM
Home
Journalism without fear or favour
Follow Us

Footer

  • Home
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Life and Living
  • Youth
  • Tech and Startup
  • Multimedia
  • Features
© 2025 thedailystar.net | Powered by: RSI Lab