DHAKA: The discovery of "missing" genes could help scientists understand how autism develops, a study suggests.US researchers looked at the genetic profiles of more than 431 people with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and 379 without.They found those with an ASD were more likely to

DHAKA: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that the popular cholesterol-lowering medications may cause memory loss and confusion, but long term use of the medications may reduce that risk.In a review of 16 studies that involved people taking statin medications who were also

DHAKA: If you saw someone experiencing a heart attack, would you step in to perform CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation)?If you did, you might be saving a life. According to the latest study published in the journal JAMA, even if you aren’t a professional emergency medical technician,

DHAKA: We’re often told to maintain eye contact when speaking with others. But a new study published in the journal Psychological Science is poking holes in the theory that looking deep into someone’s eyes shows interest and boosts persuasion.In fact, the University of British

DHAKA: The children, aged from 6-month to five years, will feed vitamin A capsules on October 5 across the country.The health minister Dr. A. F. M. Ruhal Haque came up with the disclosure at his office on Wednesday through a press briefing.More than 2.10 crore children are to feed the

DHAKA: A commonly used blood pressure drug could help fight cancer by opening up blood vessels in solid tumours.Used beside conventional cancer-fighting drugs, it could improve life expectancy, experts believe.Following successful testing in mice, doctors plan to give losartan to patients

DHAKA: Exercise can be as good a medicine as pills for people with conditions such as heart disease, a study has found.The work in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) looked at hundreds of trials involving nearly 340,000 patients to assess the merits of exercise and drugs in preventing

DHAKA: Have a salmon fish dinner. Snack on a handful of nuts. Pour a dash of olive oil in your salad.And bite into that sinister chocolate. Now you can do all this guilt-free! All these foods help in fighting bad cholesterol. According to the American Heart Association, `You can reduce

DHAKA: How to lose weight with yoga is on everyone`s mind as 2013 begins with a powerpacked list of health resolutions across the board. But is yoga really that effective for weight loss?Do all forms of yoga help and promote weight loss? With a number of yoga variations out there, which

DHAKA: One needs a healthy heart to live life to the fullest. However, due to various lifestyle changes and sedentary jobs, we are more likely than ever to develop various problems like heart attacks and other related complications.Prevention is one of the best ways to keep heart disease

DHAKA: You`ve been missing your routine at the gym very often thanks to your busy schedule (or plain laziness) and suddenly you realize that in one week you have to attend a wedding.You want to wear your favourite saree or figure-hugging dress but are worried about your flabby stomach

DHAKA: The World Heart Day-2013 was marked in the country like elsewhere across the globe Sunday in a befitting manner.The National Heart Foundation (NHF) in Dhaka arranged a colorful rally with the theme ‘take the road to a healthy heart’.According to NHF a sum of 1.73 crore people

DHAKA: One needs a healthy heart to live life to the fullest. However, due to various lifestyle changes and sedentary jobs, we are more likely than ever to develop various problems like heart attacks and other related complications.Prevention is one of the best ways to keep heart disease

DHAKA: A popular restaurant owner is raising money to realise his vision of a better life for people in the country he spent his childhood in.Abdul Salique owns the Spice of Life restaurant, in Wellowgate, Grimsby.However, he spent the first nine years of his life in Bangladesh –

DHAKA: Most tobacco users want to quit. Approximately seven out of 10 smokers want to stop but may have to try an average of six to nine times before they succeed.Tobacco is a tough addiction to beat. But whether you’re a cigarette smoker, cigar smoker or tobacco chewer, quitting

DHAKA: Death rates following hip replacement surgery fell by half in England and Wales between 2003 and 2011, a study in The Lancet has found.Although death within 90 days of surgery is rare, mortality decreased from 0.56% to 0.29% in an analysis of more than 400,000 patients.The

DHAKA: Omega-3 fatty acids may not help keep the aging brain sharp, at least in older women, new research suggests.The study, published on September 25 in the journal Neurology, found that there were no differences in the cognitive skills of older women who had high blood levels of the

DHAKA: Nothing makes a tight-fitting dress or a pair of denims sexier than a perfect butt. Here are moves and exercises that will help you sculpt your buttKick-backs:Get on your hands and knees and place a light dumbbell behind your right knee. Keep your back and neck flat such that they

DHAKA: Back-to-school is nearly synonymous with flu season, which means sunburned noses are about to give way to runny noses rubbed raw from one too many tissues.Fortunately, the 2013-14 flu shot is already available, and this year it`s better than ever, covering four strains of the virus

DHAKA: A dose of sugar given as a gel rubbed into the inside of the cheek is a cheap and effective way to protect premature babies against brain damage, say experts.Dangerously low blood sugar affects about one in 10 babies born too early. Untreated, it can cause permanent