DHAKA: Working night shifts has “little or no effect” on a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, new research suggests. In 2007, a World Health Organization committee said shift work ‘probably’ had a link to breast cancer, based on studies of animals and people. But

DHAKA: “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair” is the famous fairytale cry. But real life moved from Grimm to gruesome for one 38-year-old woman in the US who had a giant 15cm hairball in her stomach. She is one of only a handful of documented cases of “Rapunzel syndrome”,

DHAKA: A Bangladesh-India joint conference on eye care ‘Collaborate-2016’ was held in city on September 30. Eye specialists, doctors and delegates from medical colleges and eye care hospitals from India and Bangladesh participated in the conference. Bangladesh information

DHAKA: A 10th of children have a “monkey-like” immune system that stops them developing Aids, a study suggests. The study, in Science Translational Medicine, found the children’s immune systems were “keeping calm”, which prevented them being wiped out. An untreated HIV

DHAKA: A new WHO (World Health Organisation) air quality model confirms that 92 percent of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits. Information is presented via interactive maps, highlighting areas within countries that exceed WHO limits,

DHAKA: Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $3bn to fund medical research over the next decade. At a press conference in San Francisco, they said their ultimate goal was to “cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century”,

DHAKA: The US senate has failed to pass a bill to aid fighting Zika virus outbreak for the third time. Senate Democrats blocked the $1.1bn bill after Republicans sought to stop funding for pro-abortion group Planned Parenthood, reports the BBC. Lawmakers hoped that the issue will be

DHAKA: The Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) permitted the doctors to appeal against the High Court (HC) ruling that termed their appointment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) illegal. The 111 doctors got appointed during BNP-led government’s tenure. A

DHAKA: At least six Bangladeshis have been found positive with the Zika virus in Singapore. Bangladesh High Commissioner to Singapore Mahbub Uz Zaman confirmed the matter on Thursday (September 1). Ministry of Health in Singapore informed that the six Bangladeshi nationals tested

DHAKA: The government has appointed Dr. Abul Klam Azad as new director general (DG) at Directorate General Health service (DGHS). A notification, signed by health ministry deputy secretary Fazlul Haque, was issued in this regard on Sunday (August 21). The appointment came as per

DHAKA: Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) will provide Tk 1.7-crore to set up a woman’s training centre cum health centre at Char Patila of Char Fassion in Bhola. An agreement was inked between Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) Ltd. and Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI), as part of

DHAKA: Viruses are more dangerous when they infect their victims in the morning, a University of Cambridge study suggests. The findings, published in PNAS, showed viruses were 10 times more successful if the infection started in the morning, reports the BBC. The animal studies also

DHAKA: An early study in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal suggested that an experimental pill could help adults with severe asthma. In the small trial, patients who were given the drug, known as Fevipiprant, had less inflammation in their airways. And some patients with

DHAKA: Physicians of all government hospitals and health centers across the country will provide free medical services for three hours on August 15 marking the National Mourning Day. The services will be given from 9:00am to 12:00pm on the day. The decision was taken at a health

DHAKA: More than 170,000 people in the UK who were diagnosed with cancer up to 40 years ago are still alive, a report by Macmillan Cancer Support has suggested. People are twice as likely to survive for at least a decade after being diagnosed than they were at the start of the 1970s,

DHAKA: The first round of national campaign to feed Vitamin A-plus capsule to children aged between six months and five years got underway across the country on Saturday (July 16). The vaccination has been arranged at 1.40 lakhs centers across the country with the view to prevent

DHAKA: Being overweight or obese puts men at a greater risk of dying prematurely than women, the largest ever study on obesity and death suggests. Scientists say though the reasons behind the trend are unclear, the study supports others that suggest obese men are at higher risk of

DHAKA: Nearly three out of four couples that begin fertility treatment will eventually become parents, long-term studies suggest. The analysis of nearly 20,000 Danish couples found 65 percent had children within three years and 71 percent within five years. Doctors, presenting their

DHAKA: Director of HarvestPlus Howarth “Howdy” Bouis won the 2016 World Food Prize. It is joint venture by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Three scientists from the International Potato Center

DHAKA: If your child has eczema it is fine to give them a dunk in the bath every day, as long as you apply lots of moisturizing emollient cream to their skin afterwards. US researchers stated this while some experts have said infrequent washing might be better because too much washing