US President Donald Trump has withdrawn his healthcare bill after it failed to gain enough support to pass in Congress. House Speaker Paul Ryan said he and Trump agreed to pull the vote, after it became apparent it would not get the minimum of 215 Republican votes needed. The last

An estimated 14 million people would lose insurance coverage in 2018 under the new Republican healthcare plan, according to a budget analysis. The long-awaited Republican plan was assessed by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan group of budget analysts and economists,

DHAKA: Dr. Waliul Islam Khan, a Bangladesh-born physician is currently working as a leading biomedical scientist in Canada.   His recent research revealed novel and important findings in medical science. Serotonin acts as a hormone/ neurotransmitter in our body and is well-known

A leading trade group representing hospitals has expressed fears about the Republican health-care bill, saying poor Americans could lose insurance. The American Hospital Association (AHA) said current provisions for “our most vulnerable” would be thrown into doubt, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: The intern physicians on Monday (March 6) called off work abstention. They came up with the decision after a meeting with health minister Mohammed Nasim at his Dhanmondi residence around 11:00 am. The interns also expressed sorrows for the sufferings of the patients caused by

DHAKA: The intern physicians on Monday (March 6) called off work abstention. They came up with the decision after a meeting with health minister Mohammed Nasim at his Dhanmondi residence around 11:00 am. The interns also expressed sorrows for the sufferings of the patients caused by

DHAKA: Scientists have created "artificial embryos" using stem cells from mice, in what they believe is a world first. The University of Cambridge team used two types of stem cells and a 3D scaffold to create a structure closely resembling a natural mouse embryo, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday (February 27) directed the government to stop production and marketing of antibiotic, and hormone drugs of 28 companies by 72 hours. An HC bench comprising Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan came up with the order

An experimental new type of male contraceptive that blocks sperm flow with a gel has been successful in monkey trials. Vasalgel acts as a physical barrier once injected into the tubes that sperm would swim down to the penis. The company behind it says a two-year trial, published in

An experimental new type of male contraceptive that blocks sperm flow with a gel has been successful in monkey trials. Vasalgel acts as a physical barrier once injected into the tubes that sperm would swim down to the penis. The company behind it says a two-year trial, published in

An experimental new type of male contraceptive that blocks sperm flow with a gel has been successful in monkey trials. Vasalgel acts as a physical barrier once injected into the tubes that sperm would swim down to the penis. The company behind it says a two-year trial, published in

DHAKA: World Health Organization congratulates India for launching one of the world’s largest vaccination campaign against measles, a major childhood killer disease, and congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), responsible for irreversible birth defects. The campaign launched on Monday

The number of people facing “long waits” for hospital treatment in England has more than doubled in the past four years, figures show. Patients needing routine care such as knee and hip replacements are meant to be treated in 18 weeks under NHS rules. But the numbers waiting

DHAKA: Tonic, Grameenphone and Telenor Health’s digital health service, has recently surpassed the mark of two million subscribers. This is a remarkable feat given that Tonic has started its journey less than a year ago to create awareness regarding healthy living and provide health

DHAKA: Australian scientists hope a drug that mimics part of a shark's immune system may help treat an incurable lung disease. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) scars lung tissue, causing breathing to become progressively harder, reports the BBC. It kills more than 5,000

DHAKA: Virtual reality could be used to diagnose and treat visual vertigo, according to a team of Cardiff University psychologists. People with the condition suffer from dizziness and nausea and often cite places with repetitive visual patterns, such as supermarkets, as the trigger,

Enhanced efforts, renewed commitment, and an inclusive approach is needed to end the scourge of leprosy which continues to afflict thousands of people every year, the majority of them in the WHO South-East Asia Region. Leprosy affected 212 000 more people globally in 2015. Of them 60

DHAKA: Girls start to see themselves as less innately talented than boys do when they are only six years old. A group of US researchers has said this after conducting the study on 400 children, in the journal Science, that initially found both five-year-old boys and girls thought their

DHAKA: Health officials in Brazil say there has been a sharp rise in the cases of yellow fever in the country. They said there had been 63 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne illness so far this year, up from seven in the whole of 2016. Most of the cases have been in rural areas

DHAKA: Artificial intelligence can identify skin cancer in photographs with the same accuracy as trained doctors. The Stanford University team said the findings were “incredibly exciting” and would now be tested in clinics. Eventually, they believe using AI could revolutionize