One more dengue patient dies
One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 37 this year...
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Govt must take mosquito density survey findings seriously
THE pre-monsoon mosquito survey of the Directorate General of Health Services that has found a high density of Aedes mosquito in Dhaka is worrying. This suggests the failure of mosquito control programmes. Dengue prevention efforts of the south city authorities, as the survey finds...
Cardiovascular diseases kill 10,000 Europeans a day: WHO
Cardiovascular disease is responsible for 40 per cent of deaths in Europe, the WHO said on Wednesday, urging Europeans to cut their salt intake...
Two new varieties of Wilson鈥檚 disease identified
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University published the results of research on genetic changes in Wilson鈥檚 patients and its neurological symptoms at a programme at Shaheed Dr Milton Hall of the university on Tuesday...
Timely demand for a health promotion authority
PUBLIC health policies are designed more for health services delivery, especially in the management of non-communicable diseases, than for health protection and prevention. Experts, therefore, at a workshop that research and advocacy organisation PROGGA...
Inquiry into NICVD physician鈥檚 鈥榤isconduct鈥� yet to begin
A departmental inquiry into allegations of breach of service rules by an associate professor at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases is yet to begin although the deadline for the submission of the report expired...