DHAKA: The food industry should be regulated like the tobacco industry as obesity poses a greater global health risk than cigarettes, say international groups. Consumers International and the World Obesity Federation are calling for the adoption of more stringent rules. These could

DHAKA: The percentage of people who smoke has been increased to 49—eight percent more than that of last year--while percentage of juvenile and youth smokers has increased to 69, 12-percent more from last year. Besides, some 97 percent smokers did not pay fines for smoking at the public

DHAKA: Here are a few items that you should stock up to reduce your blood pressure levels Fighting blood pressure and sugar levels while craving for food might be a difficult job. Here a few food items that can help you lower your blood pressure levels and keep it at a normal level.

DHAKA: More than 3 million people died from using alcohol in 2012, for reasons ranging from cancer to violence, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday, as it called on governments to do more to limit the damage. ‘More needs to be done to protect populations from the

DHAKA: The intern doctors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) attacked journalists while were performing duties at emergency department division on Tuesday.      A few numbers of journalists were injured in the attack and the agitated doctors vandalized a camera of ATN News

DHAKA: The World Health Organization has declared the spread of polio is an international public health emergency. Outbreaks in Asia, Africa and Middle East are an ‘extraordinary event’ needing a co-ordinated ‘international response’, the agency said, reports the BBC. It

DHAKA: Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said that it was not the harmful chemical mixing in the watermelons in Kushtia and Manikganj. IEDCR director Mahmudur Rahman came up with the observation while talking to banglanews on Monday. He said Microbiological

DHAKA: Bangladesh received WHO (World Health Organization) Certificate for a Polio free country, said a press release issued by external publicity wing of foreign ministry on Sunday. Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Mumbai, India, Samina Naz received this certificate from the

DHAKA: It’s no secret that some of our unhealthy habits are driving us early deaths, so researchers have calculated exactly how many lives can be saved if we start following the advice of public health officials.  With so many of the deaths each year from around the world directly

DHAKA: Laughter may have some of the same benefits as meditation   A good laugh now and then may give you a mental boost similar to meditation, suggests new research presented today at the Experimental Biology 2014 conference in San Diego.   “Joyful laughter immediately produces

DHAKA: Need an excuse to drink yet another cup of coffee today?  A new study suggests that increasing coffee consumption may decrease the risk for type-2 diabetes. The apparent relationship between coffee and type-2 diabetes is not new.  Previous studies have found that drinking a few

DHAKA: The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) fell in a complicated situation after it had to suspend using its own rice based oral saline following a formality complex.Patients and their relatives engaged in scuffles with the center’s doctors

DHAKA: Hundreds of millions of pounds may have been wasted on a drug for flu that works no better than paracetamol, a landmark analysis has said.The UK has spent £473m on Tamiflu, which is stockpiled by governments globally to prepare for flu pandemics,The Cochrane Collaboration claimed

DHAKA: Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital (JBFH) provided free medical services at Nawabganj upazila of the district on Monday on occasion of World Health Day-2014.At least 750 patients got free medical services on Otolaryngology, Eye, Dental, Gynecology, Chest Disease, Medicine,

DHAKA: The World Health Day is being observed in the country Monday as elsewhere across the globe with the slogan of ‘Small bite, big threats’.Different organisations, including the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, have chalked out elaborate programmes to mark the day.Prime

RANGPUR: The intern doctors of Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RaMCH) on Monday went on strike for an indefinite period, to realize their two-point demands---security of intern doctors and punishment of attackers.Intern Doctor Abu Bakkar Siddik told banglanews, “A gang of miscreants

DHAKA: Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim on Sunday said some 6,000 physicians would be appointed within the next two months.He also said a total of 40 specialized hospitals would be set up for the children of the county.The health minister came up with the assertion while

DHAKA: The two-day long 18th Biennial BPA Conference and South Asian Pediatric Association (SAPA) Conference 2014 has begun at Hotel Rupashi Bangla in the city. The scientific session of the conference began from Sunday morning. Health and family welfare affairs minister Mohammad Nasim

DHAKA: Until recently, scientists had only identified six basic human emotions: happy, sad, fearful, angry, surprised and disgusted.These "emotion categories," as cognitive scientists like to call them, are defined by the facial muscles we use to express each emotion."The problem with

DHAKA: Poor oral health and irregular dental checks can increase the risk of oral cancer, a new study has found.The International Agency for Research on Cancer report also found excessive use of mouthwash - more than three times a day - can also increase risk.Smoking, heavy drinking and