Vitiligo in children may signal hidden risks of hearing loss
18 October 2025, 20:08 PM
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Physiotherapy / Post Chikungunya joints and muscle pain management
18 October 2025, 20:08 PM
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Food upcycling: The missing link in our fight against food insecurity
18 October 2025, 20:07 PM
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New global guidelines target postpartum bleeding to save mothers’ lives
18 October 2025, 20:07 PM
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World Anaesthesia Day 2025 / Regional anaesthesia: A safer future for postoperative pain control
18 October 2025, 20:06 PM
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Entry tests for medical, dental colleges to be held on same day
13 October 2025, 13:25 PM
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Global tobacco use declined, but the epidemic persisted
11 October 2025, 18:06 PM
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The five sleep profiles that shape our mental health
11 October 2025, 18:01 PM
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Statin use in pregnancy: No increased risk of birth defects
11 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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World mental health day 2025: Protecting minds in humanitarian crises
11 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Understanding changes in sleep as we age
As we grow older, our sleep patterns tend to shift, and nearly half of individuals aged 65 and above report experiencing at least one sleep-related issue.
27 January 2024, 18:00 PM
CPR in cardiac arrest
Research shows that about 9 in 10 people who fall victim to cardiac arrest outside the hospital die. Unfortunately, most people who experience cardiac arrests at home or outside the hospital do not get the help they need from family members or bystanders before the arrival of professional medical services.
27 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Pathological liar - Part 1
A lie leads a person from a garden to a forest, and eventually into a jungle. Some people tell lies with such regularity that dishonesty comes to be seen as a defining characteristic of their personality. These habitual or chronic liars are known as pathological liars.
27 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Neuroticism may impact your health!
In the 1979 comedy Manhattan, neurotic characters like Isaac, played by Woody Allen, humorously avoid expressing anger, opting to “grow a tumour instead.” While Hollywood often plays neuroticism for laughs, the real-life implications are substantial.
27 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Families trapped in saline water
A silent health crisis is unfolding in Gulishakhali village in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Seek support for menopause’
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday emphasised the mental well-being challenges associated with menopause among women aged 40 and beyond.
23 December 2023, 18:00 PM
28 percent children under five stunted
Child nutrition should be included in the election manifestos of candidates to address undernutrition in children under five, said speakers at a dialogue yesterday.
19 December 2023, 18:00 PM
No antibiotics without prescriptions
Misuse of antibiotics reduces sensitivity of the drugs against various diseases, leaving people more vulnerable, said experts at a programme yesterday.
18 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Heart stent prices drop by 43pc
Much to the relief of heart patients in the country, the government has reduced prices of cardiac stents up to 43 percent, effective from December 16.
13 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Healing the little hearts
Over 30,000 babies are born annually in the country with congenital heart defects, with only 3,000 of them having access to surgeries, according to Bangladesh Journal of Cardiac and Thoracic Anaesthesiology, 2023.
28 November 2023, 18:00 PM
From despair to determination
Aakash Ali injured his spine about a year ago and has been on a wheelchair for the past five months. For him, paralysis was nothing but a synonym of death.
27 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Healthcare, education still elude 300 indigenous families
Residents of 18 remote villages in Bandarban’s Thanchi upazila have no access to healthcare and education
28 September 2023, 09:14 AM
$27b health budget in the works
The government is preparing a $27 billion budget for the upcoming five-year health sector plan, up 52.5 percent from the ongoing programme that ends in June 2024.
26 September 2023, 18:00 PM
OBGYNs announce 2-day strike from Monday
The announcement comes after two of their colleagues were arrested over the deaths of patients at the Central Hospital
15 July 2023, 15:25 PM
A kind road to happiness (2)
The sharing and ventilating of personal feelings play a major role in the relief of stress and depression. It has been seen that people who have one or more close friendships appear to be happier.
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Early pregnancy linked to low income
Pregnancy before the age of 18 is prevalent among those with low per capita household income, revealed a survey.
22 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Climate change leads to rise in kidney patients
The risk of developing kidney disease is increasing globally due to the detrimental effects of rising temperatures caused by climate change, said experts yesterday.
9 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Services at Khulna hospitals hampered as doctors on 24hr work abstention
The doctors at outpatient departments of the government and private hospitals went on work abstention from 6:00am
1 March 2023, 06:36 AM
Neonatal Danger Signs: Are new mothers aware enough?
Although new motherhood is a time of joy and excitement, it can be overwhelming too, especially for mothers who are not equipped with the knowledge needed to identify the signs of life-threatening diseases in their neonates.
16 February 2023, 18:00 PM
People with leprosy left out of economic growth
The condition of persons with leprosy in Bangladesh indicates that the country’s outstanding economic growth is not reaching the entire population, UN expert Alice Cruz said yesterday
15 February 2023, 18:00 PM