Medical waste poses serious health risks
Medical waste generated in healthcare facilities poses serious health risks as many hospitals keep discharging untreated waste water into open water bodies and dumping solid wastes in nearby dustbins...
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New blood test offers Alzheimer鈥檚 diagnosis, progression assessment: study
Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis and Lund University in Sweden announced the development in a study published in the journal Nature Medicine on March 26...
Battery boom drives Bangladesh lead poisoning epidemic
Bangladeshi Junayed Akter is 12 years old but the toxic lead coursing through his veins has left him with the diminutive stature of someone several years younger...
Brain implant turns thoughts into speech in near real-time
The latest achievement using an implant linking brains and computers raised hopes that these devices could allow people who have lost the ability to speak to regain their voice...
Stem cell treatment can improve spinal cord injuries: Japan scientists
A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said.
Prices vary for same meds
Prices of the identical generic drugs vary considerably from manufacturer to manufacturer in the country due to a lack of government oversight regarding drug pricing...
Vitamin A plus campaign conducted countrywide
The National Vitamin A-plus campaign was conducted across the country on Saturday with feeding over 2.26 crore children under 5-year age to prevent childhood blindness and reduce child mortality...
Just looking at images of nature can relieve pain, study finds
Simply looking at nature -- or even just digital pictures of it -- can relieve pain, according to new research which scanned the brains of people receiving electrical shocks.
First cluster of Zika virus cases identified in Bangladesh: ICDDR,B
Scientists at ICDDR,B have recently identified five cases among patient samples collected in 2023, representing the first identification of a cluster of Zika-infected patients in Bangladesh...
Eliminating patient dissatisfaction urged
Special assistant to the chief adviser Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman at a programme at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Thursday said that experts should be created keeping in mind national needs...
People can spread bird flu to their cats, US study suggests
A study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that people can transmit bird flu to their domestic cats, with fatal consequences....
Seniors in Singapore turn to horse therapy for healing
Singapore on Tuesday started an initiative to expand its senior care programme using horse therapy as the wealthy city-state grapples with the challenges of a rapidly ageing population.
WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines
The World Health Organization on Tuesday launched a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates.
Society of Critical Care Medicine holds international conference
The 6th international conference of the Bangladesh Society of Critical Care Medicine was held at the Shaheed Abu Sayeed Convention Hall of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Sunday...
Nurture Nest for child development launched
Nurture Nest, a child development centre run under the supervision of Bangladesh Psychiatric Care Limited, was launched at a programme at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Wednesday...
