DHAKA: The risk of AIDS infection has risen among the youths, earning individuals and the expatriates. They have a higher rate of HIV infection. According to the government statistics, the number of AIDS patients has increased among the people from 25 to 49 age groups. People of

Dhaka: Complicated open heart surgery and interventional surgery of children are being done at Dhaka Combined Military Hospital (CMH). Poor and underprivileged children are getting these facilities at free of cost.CMH commandant Brigadier General Md. Fashiur Rahman disclosed this at a

DHAKA: The world's first IVF puppies have been born after years of attempts, say scientists in the US.The in-vitro fertilization (IVF) advance paves the way for conserving endangered breeds and could help in the fight against human and animal diseases, say researchers at Cornell

DHAKA: A mobile court has fined Square Hospitals Limited in city Tk 2.65-lakh after finding massive irregularities.A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) conducted the drive Wednesday noon.The penalty came as the hospital did not renew its license for blood bank.Moreover, the

DHAKA: Around 6.4 million people of Bangladesh are falling to poverty every year due to meeting the expenses of medical treatment.Moreover, a large number of people are not being able to bear expenses of treatments of diseases like cancer or kidney failure.Speakers came up with the

DHAKA: A mobile Court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) fined Labaid Hospital authority Tk 10-lakh for keeping and selling unauthorized medicines.During the drive, the force also seized unauthorized foreign made medicines worth of Tk 5-lakh.The raid conducted in the hospital in capital’s

DHAKA: Health and family welfare minister Mohammed Nasim on Saturday said a surgical center with cutting-edge technology will be built in Bangladesh.He further said facilities of operations for all kinds of diseases will be made available here.The minister came up with the assertions in

DHAKA: Health and family welfare minister Mohammed Nasim said that some 469 new AIDS patients have been reported this year. Ninety five of them had died.The total number of HIV/AIDS patients is 4,143 and a total of 658 people died of this disease.The health minister made this disclosure

DHAKA: The rate of HIV infected people are on the rise in Bangladesh as all the causes of contracting the disease exists here.The rate would increase more if the authorities concerned fail to ensure decrease of chances of contraction, provide essential services and medical helps to the

DHAKA: The UN children’s fund says the number of adolescents dying from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most having acquired the disease when they were infants.AIDS is the leading cause of death among adolescents in Africa, with six countries - South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya,

DHAKA: The company that sparked an outcry by raising the price of its HIV drug in the US by 5,000% says it will cut its price for some users.Martin Shkreli’s drug company Turing Pharmaceuticals bought the rights to 62-year old drug Daraprim and increased the price per pill from $13.50

DHAKA: Scientists in the U.S. say they've created a new strain of mosquito that could eventually help eradicate malaria.Researchers at the University of California used a gene editing technique to insert DNA into the germ line of the Anopheles stephensi mosquito -- a leading vector of the

DHAKA: The National Campaign to tackle Vitamin A deficiency among children in the age group of 6 to 59 months began across the country on Saturday (November 14).More than 2.40 crore children are being fed vitamin 'A' capsule through 1,40,000 centres, including 20,000 mobile centres,The

DHAKA: The 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP12), which is scheduled to begin from November 20 in Dhaka, has been postponed on Friday.  According to ICAAP12 website, ‘Due to unavoidable circumstances, the Executive Committee of 12th International

DHAKA: More than 2.40 crore children will be fed vitamin 'A' capsule through 1,40,000 centres across the country in National Vitamin A+ campaign on Saturday. Children, aged 6 to 11 months, will be fed a blue colored vitamin A capsule and children, aged from 12 to 59 months, will be fed

DHAKA: Sierra Leone has officially been declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO).Thousands of people took to the streets of the capital, Freetown, at the stroke of midnight - marking 42 days without a single declared case of the disease.There were further cheers when

DHAKA: A California man is recovering after he had a live tapeworm removed from his brain during emergency surgery.Luis Ortiz was admitted to a hospital in Napa with what he called the worst headache of his life.In a brain scan, neurosurgeon Soren Singel discovered the larvae of a

DHAKA: Scientists have designed microscopic "grenades" that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours.The team will present its findings at the National Cancer Research Institute conference next week, bbc.com reported.They plan to use liposomes - tiny bubbles of fat, which carry

DHAKA: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said free mammogram will be provided at all government hospitals concerned in December every year aiming to thwart breast cancer.The minister made the announcement while addressing the daylong Bangladesh Breast Cancer Conference-2015 at a city hotel

DHAKA: Processed meats - such as bacon, sausages and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Its report said 50g of processed meat a day - less than two slices of bacon - increased the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18%.Meanwhile, it said red