DHAKA: Child mortality has fallen by more than 50% since 1990, a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN children’s agency Unicef says.It says that 25 years ago 12.7 million children under five died, but this year the figure is projected to drop below six million for the

DHAKA: 61 infants have died at a children's hospital in Cuttack in Odisha in just two weeks, sparking protests and forcing the state government of Naveen Patnaik to launch an investigation.A criminal probe was underway into the conduct of three staff at the Shishu Bhawan or Children's

DHAKA: The Apollo Hospital Group is planning to expand its operations in Bangladesh and Kolkata in the next few years, a top official of the city facility said today."We presently have a hospital in Dhaka. We have plans to have one more hospital in Chittagong," Apollo Hospital ECO,

DHAKA: People who experience lack of sleep do not have to worry now because we have the perfect combination which will help them improve this condition and finally get some good and relaxed sleep. According to naturalmedicinehouse.com, it is consisted of sugar ad salt and may not sound so

DHAKA:  A blood test may be able to save lives by finding cancers that have started to grow again after treatment, a study suggests.Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London found traces of breast cancer eight months before doctors would normally have noticed, reports

DHAKA: Sharing childcare makes for happier couples with better sex lives, US research suggests.In a study of 487 families, parents who split childcare duties evenly reported greater satisfaction, both sexually and emotionally.But in couples where the woman did most of the childcare, both

DHAKA: People working long hours are more likely to have a stroke, according to analysis of more than half a million people.The data, published in the Lancet medical journal, showed the chance of a stroke increased beyond the traditional 9am to 5pm.The link is uncertain, but theories

DHAKA: Even light and moderate drinking - up to one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men - could increase the risk of cancer, say researchers.The work in the British Medical Journal looked at two large US studies involving more than 100,000 adults, reports the BBC.According

DHAKA: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a libido-enhancing drug for women that has been dubbed ‘Female Viagra’.Flibanserin, a drug produced by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, recently passed an FDA advisory committee meeting.The pill is designed to assist premenopausal

DHAKA: Being exposed to "good bacteria" early in life could prevent asthma developing, say Canadian scientists.The team, reporting in Science Translational Medicine, were analysing the billions of bugs that naturally call the human body home.Their analysis of 319 children showed they were

DHAKA: Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has canceled the registration of 51 medicines and drugs produced by several companies, including Renata, Square Pharmaceuticals, Opsonin and Ibn Sina.Production, purchase, sale, distribution, storage and display of 51 medicines of

DHAKA: Cutting fat from your diet causes more effective weight loss than restricting carbohydrates, new research has claimed, reports scotsman.com.Scientists fed 19 obese adults controlled diets over two separate fortnights, where the slimmers cut carbs by 30 per cent during the first

DHAKA: Physicians at all government hospitals and health centers have been ordered to provide free medical services for four hours on August 15 marking the National Mourning Day.The services will be given from 8:00pm to 12:00pm at all government medical college and hospitals, specialized

DHAKA: A four-day international conference with the participation of the countries of Asia and pacific regions will begin in Dhaka on November 20.Cabinet secretary Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan informed the media after a cabinet meeting in city on Monday.He said that the

DHAKA: The World Breastfeeding Week (WBW)-2015, coordinated by World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), begun on Saturday with the theme, ‘Breastfeeding and Work: Let’s Make It Work’.This year WABA calls for concerted global action to support women to combine breastfeeding

DHAKA: HIV can be flushed out of its hiding places in the body using a cancer drug, researchers show.The cornerstone of treatment, anti-retroviral therapy, kills the virus in the bloodstream but leaves "HIV reservoirs" untouched.The study, published in PLoS Pathogens, showed the drug was

DHAKA: The government has closed the appointment of third and fourth class employees in the government hospitals.Rather, the appointments will be given following outsourcing processes. The employees will be sacked for breaching any conditions of circular.Health secretary Syed Monjurul

DHAKA: The world's first malaria vaccine has cleared one of the final hurdles prior to being approved for use in Africa.The European Medicines Agency gave a positive scientific opinion after assessing its safety and effectiveness.It represents a 'green light' for the Mosquirix jab,

DHAKA: Nearly 1 in 10 people worldwide have mental health disorder, but only one per cent of the global health workforce is working in the area, the WHO said today with a top official underlining that a country of India's size needs about ten times more specialists than it currently

DHAKA: The World Health Organisation is ‘culturally’ unfit to deal with global health emergencies, an independent review has found in the wake of the Ebola crisis.Experts called for a fundamental overhaul of the body, a branch of the United Nations, which was severely criticised for