icddr,b , partners explore pathways of antibiotic use in Bangladesh
Scientists at icddr,b in collaboration with Loughborough University, Durham University and the University of Bristol, UK have organised a dissemination seminar at icddr,b’s Sasakawa...
Govt to establish research center for homeopathy: Zahid
Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday assured that a research center would be established for doing high quality scientific research in...
Healthy food prescription yields more benefits; less costly than meds
A rapidly ageing population and rising healthcare costs have led experts to estimate that healthcare spending will continue growing. However, the US has healthcare...
Govt expands school meal programme
The government has announced that it will expand a cooked school meal programme reaching 400,000 children at 2,000 schools in 16 upazilas.
The programme ,piloted...
American research identifies cancer-fighting gut microbiome
aThe American Cancer Society has cited metastatic melanoma as the deadliest form of skin cancer; only half of patients respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors...
5-minute breathing ‘workout’ may benefit heart and brain health
Preliminary research reveals that a technique called Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training can boost cognitive and physical performance, as well as cardiovascular health.
New research adds...
Kazi Rafiqul Abedin elected president of BAUS
Staff Correspondent
The new effective committee of
31 members of Bangladesh Association of Urology Surgeon (BAUS) has taken the responsibility of the association.
The new committee has...
Experts for strengthening normal delivery facilities in rural areas
Health experts at an orientation workshop have laid emphasis on strengthening normal delivery facilities at union level health facilities round the clock to further...
Over a billion young smartphone users risk hearing loss: WHO
Over one billion young people, aged 12-35 years, risk irreversible hearing loss from exposure to loud sounds such as music played on their smartphone,...
Hasan for anti-tobacco campaign in social media
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday urged people from all strata of life to conduct campaign in social media against the harmful side...