Substandard surgical gloves flood market
Local markets have been flooded with substandard surgical gloves amid lack of monitoring by the authorities concerned, increasing severe safety risks to patients and healthcare professionals...
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Axiom CCF supports paediatric cancer patients in Bangladesh
The United States-based Axiom Reach Foundation founder and president Hafiz Sikder has recently visited Bangladesh and met with young patients and their families.
Global diabetes rate has doubled in last 30 years: study
The percentage of adults suffering from diabetes across the world has doubled over the past three decades, the biggest rises coming in developing countries, a study said Wednesday...
Child diabetes patients in Bangladesh on rise
More youngsters are getting diabetes amid an alarming rise in the patients with the chronic and non-communicable disease in the country over the years due to a lack of awareness, unhealthy lifestyle and widespread pollution...
Nepal grapples with dengue surge
Nepal is fighting a surge in dengue cases, a potentially deadly disease once unheard of in the country\'s high-altitude Himalayan regions, as climate change and urbanisation nurture fever-bringing mosquitoes in new zones.
Six more die of dengue, 1,248 hospitalised
At least six people died of dengue and 1,248 others were hospitalised across the country in the past 24 hours till Sunday morning, raising the death from dengue infection to 277 so far this year...
New treatments introduced to control, manage, reduce diabetes: doctors
Specialist doctors at a scientific meeting in Dhaka on Friday said that new treatments were introduced to control, manage and reduce the threats of diabetes.
WHO says world cholera vaccine stockpile empty as Bangladesh, others seek help
There are no more oral cholera vaccines left in the global stockpile, the World Health Organization said Friday, with the shortage jeopardising work to stop the disease\'s spread.
WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test
The UN health agency said on Friday that it had approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox, a key tool in countries battling outbreaks...
Heavy metals found in toys, child products from recycled plastic
Toys and other products made from recycled plastic for children contain toxic substances, including heavy metals, revealed a study on Thursday...
World Heart Day today
The World Heart Day-2024 will be observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the globe on Sunday to raise awareness about cardiovascular diseases...
Drug-resistant superbugs projected to kill 39m by 2050
Infections of drug-resistant superbugs are projected to kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years, a global analysis predicted on Monday, with the researchers urging action to avoid this grim scenario...
5 more die of dengue, 872 hospitalised in 24 hours
Five more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 113 this year.
TB infection in children increasing in Bangladesh: discussion
Speakers, including health experts, at a round table discussion said on Tuesday that tuberculosis infection among children in Bangladesh was increasing....
Dengue hospitalisation, death rise amid inaction
The daily average hospitalisation of dengue patients in the first six days of the current month more than doubled compared with the same period of the last month, causing healthcare professionals and...