DHAKA: The brain has a critical window for language development between the ages of two and four, brain scans suggest.Environmental influences have their biggest impact before the age of four, as the brain`s wiring develops to process new words, say UK and US scientists.The research in

DHAKA: A new research by an Indian origin scientist has claimed that sleeping for six to eight hours a night could help cut the risk of heart problems and stroke.Author Dr Saurabh Aggarwal, of Chicago Medical School has found that people who sleep less than six hours a night were twice as

DHAKA: The risks of stroke, heart and circulatory disease are higher in areas with a lot of aircraft noise, researchers say.Their study of 3.6 million residents near Heathrow Airport suggested the risks were 10-20% higher in areas with the highest levels of aircraft noise.The team`s

DHAKA: The brain has a critical window for language development between the ages of two and four, brain scans suggest.Environmental influences have their biggest impact before the age of four, as the brain`s wiring develops to process new words, say UK and US scientists.The research in

DHAKA: British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline is seeking regulatory approval for the world`s first malaria vaccine after trial data showed that it had cut the number of cases in African children.Experts say that they are optimistic about the possibility of the world`s first vaccine after the

DHAKA: The results of admission tests of session 2013-14 under medical and dental colleges were published Sunday.The candidates can get their results from the website, http://www.dghs.gov.bd.Director General of Health Directorate Khandaker Sifayet Ullah confirmed the matter to banglanews.

DHAKA: Neem tree has been described in Ayurveda`s prime text, the Charaka Samhita, as sarva roga nivarini (that which keeps all diseases at bay) or arishtha (reliever of disease).Its extracts have been used in the Ayurvedic tradition for thousands of years for maintaining health and

DHAKA: A new study has revealed that stress due to common life events may cause a number of physiological reactions in the central nervous, endocrine, immune and cardiovascular systems, and it may trigger long lasting physiological changes in the brain.Researchers base their findings on

DHAKA: A new study has revealed that stress due to common life events may cause a number of physiological reactions in the central nervous, endocrine, immune and cardiovascular systems, and it may trigger long lasting physiological changes in the brain.Researchers base their findings on

DHAKA: Post-menopausal women who walk for an hour a day can cut their chance of breast cancer significantly, a study has suggested.The report, which followed 73,000 women for 17 years, found walking for at least seven hours a week lowered the risk of the disease.The American Cancer

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