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.

Feeling helpless is like ‘pearls are of no value in a desert’ . Trying to hide pain increases powerlessness. Helplessness can sometimes feel psychologically paralysing. It creates a sense of being unable to act or react to a negative situation. It may be associated with anxiety, phobias, and loneliness. It  is easier to say, ‘My head is spinning’ than to say, ‘My heart is broken.’  People often feel helpless.

Many patients have resistant hypertension, which isuncontrolled byavailable drugs and behavioural interventions.

Nutrition deserves special attention as people reach an older age and is essential for good health. Healthy ageing is associated with physiological, cognitive, social, and lifestyle changes that influence dietary intakes and nutritional status. The process of ageing involves changes in every tissue and all vital organs.

Cervical cancer is largely preventable due to HPV vaccination and screening. In 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a target to  eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem,

In the Air Quality Index of November 2022, Dhaka again ranked as the world’s most polluted city,

Seasonal influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses which circulate in all parts of the world.

Antimicrobial use is common in patients with terminal cancer because of the concern for infection due to severe immunocompromise; moreover, various complications frequently mimic infection.

Leonardo da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.

On the International Human Rights Day (December 10), the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), and the World Health Organisation (WHO) both talked about how discrimination has no place in football or in society.

In rural Bangladesh, areas with more arsenic in the drinking water have more antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in the water and in the stool samples of children than areas with less arsenic. This is according to a new study by Mohammad Aminul Islam of Washington State University and his colleagues, which was published on December 8, 2022, in PLOS Pathogens.

The book ‘Dopamine Detox’ has become popular. A chemical messenger, dopamine,  is produced in the brain. It plays a role in our body movement, memory, and motivation. Dopamine levels are associated with neurological diseases.

A new type of drug, technically known as Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists lower weight in obese adults, and one such drug (liraglutide) also is U.S. FDA approved for adolescents. Now, in an industry-sponsored trial, 201 adolescents (age range, 12–17) with body-mass index (BMI) ≥95th percentile (mean BMI, 37 kg/m2) were randomised to receive weekly injections of the GLP-1 agonist semaglutide or placebo for 68 weeks, along with behavioral lifestyle therapy.

Age spots are characterised by their flat, dark appearance and their small size. They range in size and most frequently show up on areas of the body that are exposed to sunlight, such as the face, hands, shoulders, and arms. Age spots, also known as sunspots, liver spots, and solar lentigines.

A festival of Yoga and Wellness will take place at Justice Shahabuddin Park in Gulshan 2, on December 9, 2022, from 11 am – 5 pm, says a press release.

With the objective of raising ample public awareness on the uses of modern and effective biologic medicines, the first ever “Biologic Summit” was held recently in Dhaka, says a press release. Biologic medicine can play a game changing role in the treatment of diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, and psoriasis, opined experts in the summit.

Every year, 3rd December is observed as the International Day of Person with Disability. It was firstly stared in 1992. From that day it is celebrate all over the world. This year’s theme is “Not all Disabilities are Visible.” Some disabilities like mental health conditions, chronic pain and fatigue are invisible.

Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) can be effectively treated with an oral nucleoside or nucleotide analog (NA). Still, lifelong daily medication is required and the clinical rebound that results from stopping medication can be severe.

A new, single-dose, oral treatment for sleeping sickness is as effective as current treatments and could be a key factor in eliminating disease transmission by 2030, suggests a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

A hernia is a defect (hole) in the abdominal muscles through which the abdominal contents (usually fat but sometimes intestines or other abdominal structures) can protrude. That can occur on one or both sides (bilateral) of the groin. It is more common in male.