Health risk

Health risk
While the number of dengue patients is less compared to 2019, the severity of the symptoms is much more, physicians say. Over a thousand dengue patients have been admitted this year to Sir Salimullah College and Mitford Hospital in Dhaka

92 new dengue cases reported

Some 92 more were hospitalised with dengue in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning

A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of rash development in 1968

One youth dies with Monkeypox-like symptoms in India

Health minister of India’s Kerala state, Veena George initiated a high-level inquiry into the death of a youth, presenting with monkeypox-like symptoms. The youth is from Chavakkad Kuranjiyur in ...

Frequent naps increases risks of high blood pressure

Frequent naps increases risks of high blood pressure

According to new research, napping frequently is linked to increased risks for high blood pressure and stroke

Exposure to metals during pregnancy may affect baby’s health

Exposure to phthalates increases likelihood of preterm delivery

A National Institutes of Health study, which included a Rutgers researcher, discovered that pregnant women exposed to the chemical substances known as phthalates during pregnancy had a higher risk of ...

Dengue patiens undergo treatment at hospital

67 more dengue patients hospitalised in 24 hrs

Sixty-seven more dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till Saturday morning

Health minister Zahid Maleque

Govt to launch two liquid oxygen plants: Health minister

Health minister Zahid Maleque said two liquid oxygen plants will be established in the country for more development of the health sector

Editorial

Selling kidneys online: Govt cannot avoid responsibility

The promptness of the law enforcement agencies in using social media to prevent various sorts of crimes is quite eye-catching. However, it is quite surprising that an illegal kidney market has ...

A nurse is seen treating a dengue infected patient at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 2 August 2019.

Four more dengue patients hospitalised in Dhaka in 24hrs

Another four dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Sunday morning amid a rise in the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh

A man reacts before the body of his father, a ward master at Suhrawardy Hospital in Dhaka, who died under treatment at the hospital after showing coronavirus symptoms. The deceased was Covid-19 positive in the test report received after death.

Coronavirus: 32 died in five days

The country is seeing deaths from coronavirus every day now. Seven people died on Tuesday. The number was 12 a day before on Monday

Be-Nazir Ahmed

Bangladesh enters fourth wave of coronavirus

With the detection of a new variant of the coronavirus and rise in the daily cases, the fear of the fourth wave of the pandemic is looming large

Prolonged sitting puts health at risk

Prolonged sitting puts health at risk

Simon Fraser University has come up with new research, adding further weight to the contention that delayed sitting might be dangerous to your health

A mother and her children sit on a ground during a nutrition screening at Nadunget Health Centre in Nadunget, Karamoja region, Uganda, on 24 May, 2022

Hunger claims children in forgotten corner of Uganda

More than half a million people are going hungry in Karamoja, some 40 percent of the population of this neglected, long-suffering rural region between South Sudan and Kenya

A section of skin tissue, harvested from a lesion on the skin of a monkey, that had been infected with monkeypox virus, is seen at 50X magnification on day four of rash development in 1968

Monkeypox outbreak tops 1,000 cases, WHO warns of 'real' risk

The risk of monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic nations is real, the WHO warned Wednesday, with more than a thousand cases now confirmed in such countries

Cancer increases risk of developing diabetes

Cancer increases risk of developing diabetes

A new study has found that cancer patients are at a greater risk of developing diabetes

Coffee drinkers undergo lower death risks than non-coffee drinkers: Study

Coffee drinkers undergo lower death risks than non-coffee drinkers: Study

More than 171,000 participants from the UK without known heart disease or cancer were asked several dietary and health behaviour questions to determine coffee consumption habits during the study

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