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Take Control of Your Heart Failure with These Helpful Tips

Take Control of Your Heart Failure with These Helpful Tips

Taking care of one's heart is crucial, especially if one is suffering from heart failure

Scientist Aliya Naheed

Interview: Aliya Naheed 'Our hospitals are rich mines for research'

Aliya Naheed is a scientist of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b). Recently she has been nominated for the Dr Sultan Ahmed Chowdhury Gold Medal of Bangladesh ...

Seven habits men should trash before turning 30

Seven habits men should trash before turning 30

Turning 30 marks the entry to a new milestone in life wherein not only is a lot demanded, but the body too reacts to every little change in routine

Workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) are seen while a resident (C) boards a bus on a street during a Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown in the Jing'an district in Shanghai on 14 May, 2022

Shanghai says 'zero-Covid' achieved but millions still in lockdown

Shanghai on Tuesday declared it had achieved "zero-Covid" across all its districts, sparking derision on social media as millions in China's biggest city remained under lockdown

A woman consults a doctor before swab testing at Mugda Medical College and Hospital, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 23 June 2020

Covid-19 Bangladesh reports 22 new cases in 24 hrs

Bangladesh reported 22 Covid cases in 24 hours until Saturday morning which took the total caseload to 1,952,979

FY 2022-23: 'Allocate 5 to 6pc of total budget for health sector'

FY 2022-23: 'Allocate 5 to 6pc of total budget for health sector'

Speakers on Thursday called upon the government to increase allocation for primary healthcare sector in the fiscal year of 2022-23 to reduce the expenditure of poor people in receiving health ...

Bangladeshi Nurses at a hospital

High time to invest in nurses and community health care workers

“Invest in Nursing and respect rights to secure global health” - the theme of International Nurses’ Day 2022 must be upheld to ensure affordable health care coverage, reduce expenditure and to ...

Reducing sodium intake can help patients with heart failure

Reducing sodium intake can help patients with heart failure

A new study has explored how reducing sodium intake can help patients with heart failure

Acute sleep loss can alter our cognitive perception

Acute sleep loss can alter our cognitive perception

Young adults when sleep-deprived evaluate angry faces as less trustworthy and healthy-looking. Furthermore, neutral and fearful faces appear less attractive following sleep loss, suggests the ...

Children, from Chakma community, take part in a competition near the horticulture center in Khagrachhari

Vegetarian children have similar growth and nutrition compared to meat-eating children

Researchers evaluated 8,907 children aged six months to eight years

Relatives cry at the grave of a person died of Covid-19

WHO estimates Covid toll in Bangladesh almost 5 times higher than official figures

The number includes deaths either due to the coronavirus directly or because of factors somehow attributed to the pandemic’s impact on health systems

Adil Muhammed Khan

Interview: Adil Muhammed Khan 'Let Tetultala be an inspiration to free all playing grounds'

Former general secretary of the Bangladesh Institute of Planners, Adil Muhammed Khan, talks to Prothom Alo about the huge importance of open spaces in the cities

Coronavirus

Covid-19 Health department on alert for new corona wave

The health directorate has adopted a cautious stance following fears expressed by health specialists and public health experts that a fresh wave of coronavirus may emerge

Do's and Don'ts to stay hydrated for long in Ramadan

Do's and Don'ts to stay hydrated for long in Ramadan

Here are a few tips and tricks that can stay fit during Ramadan in the summers

Excess weight almost doubles risk of womb cancer

Excess weight almost doubles risk of womb cancer

Lifelong excess weight almost doubles a woman's risk of developing womb cancer, according to recent research

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