DHAKA: A total of Tk 12,726 crore has been proposed for the Heath and Family welfare sector in the proposed budget for 2015-16 Fiscal Year.Finance Minister AMA Muhith made the proposal before the parliament while placing the budget on Thursday.Muhith said, “We are planning to distribute

DHAKA: A lung cancer therapy can more than double life expectancy in some patients, a "milestone" trial shows.Nivolumab stops cancerous cells hiding from the body's own defences, leaving the cancer vulnerable to attack, reports BBC.The results from 582 people, presented at the American

DHAKA: Graphic health warning along with pictures on the packet of tobacco products would be added from March in 2016, according to the sections of smoking and tobacco product use control law (amend).Health and Family welfare state minister Zahid Maleque came up with the disclosure in a

DHAKA: Breast cancers can manipulate the structure of bone to make it easier to spread there, a study has found.Researchers at the University of Sheffield said the tumours were effectively "fertilising" the bone to help themselves grow, report BBC.comThe study, in the journal Nature, said

DHAKA: Upholding the theme ‘Know Your Blood Pressure’, the World Hypertension Day was observed across the country on Sunday.Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) provided free hypertension identification service for children from 10:00am to 1:00pm in the day.Moreover,

DHAKA: Hypertension Day is being celebrated Sunday across the world to create the awareness among the masses about the Hypertension disease and educate the people about this Hypertension, reports News Track India.This year the theme of the World Hypertension Day is 'Know Your Numbers' and

DHAKA:  Regular exercise in old age has as powerful an effect on life expectancy as giving up smoking, researchers say.The analysis of 5,700 elderly men in Norway showed those doing three hours of exercise a week lived around five years longer than the sedentary, reports the bbc.comThe

DHAKA: Eye is the only way to see the beautiful nature encircled us. Eternal emotions reflect on eyes and the rainbow of life blossoms in it. But due to pollution and hazards of modern life are affecting our eyes every moment.Some times our eyes get affected by air pollution and some time

DHAKA: Liberia, the West African nation where Ebola killed the most people in the largest outbreak of the virus, has been declared free of the disease by the World Health Organization.The notification by the Geneva-based WHO was received today, Liberia’s information minister said on its

DHAKA: Health Minister Mohammed Nasim said that 10,000 nurses will be recruited soon to ensure people’s health service.The minister came up with this assertion while inaugurating midwife service exhibition stalls in front of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on ‘International

DHAKA: Labour and employment secretary Mikail Shipar on Monday said occupational disease hospital will be built at Tongi in Gazipur to ensure healthcare for workers.He said, “In my job tenure an occupational disease hospital will be setup at Tongi. Safety of workers will not be

DHAKA: Bananas contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana

DHAKA: The age-old science of Ayurveda heavily depends on the use of plants and herbs for their medicinal properties. It wouldn't be wrong to say that Ayurveda paved the way for a few items to become an integral part of our daily diet. Amla or Indian Gooseberry is one such ingredient that

DHAKA: Final clinical trials of a malaria vaccine - the first to reach this stage - suggest it could help protect millions of children against malaria.But tests on 16,000 children from seven African countries found that booster doses were of limited use and vaccines in young babies were

DHAKA: More than two crore children aged between six months and five years will be fed vitamin 'A' capsule through 140,000 centers across the country in vitamin A+ campaign on Saturday.State Minister for Health Zahid Maleque said in a press conference at his secretariat office on

DHAKA: Deputy Program Manager of National Malaria Control Program Dr Zahirul Karim said that currently some 1.32 crore people of the country are at the risk of getting malaria.He made the disclosure in a press conference at health ministry MIS building in city’s Mahakhali area on

DHAKA: An experimental drug has cured monkeys infected with the Ebola virus, US-based scientists have said.The treatment, known as TKM-Ebola-Guinea, targets the Makona strain of the virus, which caused the current deadly outbreak in West Africa, reports the BBC.All three monkeys receiving

DHAKA: Around 59,000 people die every year from rabies transmitted by dogs, with the poorer regions of the world worst affected.A report by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control said this.The report authors said more should be done to vaccinate dogs, particularly in low-income

DHAKA: People who have difficulty breathing while asleep are more likely to develop memory problems early on, a study in the journal Neurology suggests.US scientists checked medical databases involving 2,400 people aged over 55.Those who said they suffered from sleep apnoea reported

DHAKA: Short people are at a greater risk of heart attack – and there's little they can do about it because the link is genetic.For 60 years scientists had noted a correlation between height and coronary heart disease, which kills 73,000 people a year in the UK.It was thought that