New research has shown that if people achieve and maintain substantial weight loss to manage their type 2 diabetes, many can also effectively control their high blood pressure and stop or cut down on their anti-hypertensive medication.

The most comprehensive data on global trends in smoking highlight its enormous global health toll. The number of smokers worldwide has increased

Evercare Hospital Chattogram had successful neurosurgery for a brain tumour of a 42-year-old woman in the port city, says a press release.

Long working hours led to 745,000 deaths from stroke and ischaemic heart disease in 2016, a 29% increase since 2000, according to the latest

Pins and needles, called paraesthesia in medical science, is an uncomfortable experience. More or less, everyone endures this kind of situation. It happens if nerve sensation in the blood vessels does not function correctly.

The end of pandemics in recorded history has seldom been a singular point; it has been a gradually progressing, complicated and chaotic process to say the least.

Fifteen people have died so far due to diarrhoea in the last 20 days in Noakhali.

A suspected black fungus patient died at Dhaka’s Birdem Hospital three days ago while one black fungus infected patient is undergoing treatment at the same hospital.

A new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal has found that the risk of delayed acute complications after non-hospitalised SARS-

University of Bergen spin-off biotech company BergenBio proclaimed that their drug bemcentinib is fast-tracked in a phase-II clinical trial as a potential treatment against COVID-19.

In the first-ever global report on cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women, researchers call for urgent action to improve care and prevention, fill

The matters of grave concern in health are not the epidemic, flues or parasites that reign over the news and take most of the government’s effort, rather they are the everyday diseases that people can address yet fail to take action.

Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, is a rare but dangerous infection. It is being increasingly seen in vulnerable patients in India, including

Using higher doses of antibiotics in a bid to tackle the growing problem of drug resistance may end up strengthening certain bacteria, according to research released on Wednesday that highlights a previously unthought-of risk.

Imagine you’re 17 years of age, standing in the lunchroom and idly minding your own business. Suddenly, someone points an accusing finger at you and alerts everyone to the fact that you are losing your hair. How would you feel? What would that do to your psyche? Suffice to say, you’d be absolutely devastated.

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) agree that the COVID-19 vaccines should be offered to pregnant individuals who are eligible for vaccination.

May 8 is World Thalassemia Day - celebrated every year to raise awareness among the people about the prevention of thalassemia. Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation (BTF), Sandhani, Medicine Club and Platform observed the day like every year, says a press release. This year’s theme was “Addressing Health Inequality in Thalassemia Patients Worldwide.”

Blood pressure (BP)–lowering treatment is associated with lower risk for cardiovascular (CV) events across a wide range of BP levels and in patients with and without CV disease, according to a meta-analysis in The Lancet.

Fasting means avoiding food for a particular time. Fasting customs are common in almost all major religions globally. There is fasting in animals too. Observation shows dogs, cats, ants, even yeast sometimes reduce their calorie intake by 40%. Fasting makes some of their physical symptoms go away and live longer.

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.