Health

Doctors are hailing a drug that spares bladder cancer patients “life-changing” surgery and stops tumours coming back. Bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer in the world. Advanced or aggressive forms are often treated with surgery to remove the entire bladder, with patients left having to find alternative ways to pass urine for the rest of their life. Now ...

A growing number of adult patients have been admitted to Sylhet hospitals with measles symptoms, a trend that has raised concern as the outbreak continues across the division. While measles is typically considered a children’s disease, physicians say they are increasingly treating teenagers, young adults, and some elderly patients. Recovery rates among adults, however, appear higher than among children. According ...

Ad-din Medical College Hospital, already under investigation following the deaths of six newborns last week, had not renewed its fire safety licence since 2023 and was operating without an approved fire safety plan, according to Fire Service and Civil Defence officials. The 700-bed private hospital had been instructed in January to submit a fire safety plan and comply with safety ...

Plans for a single patient record for the NHS in England will be debated for the first time by MPs on Monday. The aim is to combine GP, hospital and social care data so patients don’t have to keep repeating their medical history unnecessarily at appointments. A&E clinicians, who often cannot access GP patient records, will be able to quickly ...

Hypertension has quietly emerged as one of Bangladesh’s most serious public health threats. According to the Bangladesh NCD STEPS Survey 2022, around one in four adults in the country, or 23.5 percent, is living with hypertension. World Health Organization’s 2025 report presents an even more worrying picture: almost half of adults with hypertension remain unaware of their condition, only 39 ...

Two more children have died from measles-related symptoms across the country in the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 585 over the past 77 days. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) released the updated figures on Sunday afternoon, highlighting the continued severity of the outbreak. According to the DGHS Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room, ...

The rapid spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo has created a “deeply alarming” situation, the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned. Speaking two weeks on from the outbreak being declared, MSF deputy director Dr Alan Gonzales said never before had “so many cases” been recorded so soon. His comments came as the head of the ...

Moving to music is proving to be one of the best ways for older adults to stay healthy, active and socially engaged, according to health experts in the United States. At a dance practice in Arizona, 87-year-old Carol Ross leads a group of women aged 50 and above in tap and jazz routines, smiling as she calls out steps. Ross, ...

Health Minister Sardar Sakhawat Hossain Bakul on Saturday said the investigation committee looking into the deaths of six newborns at Ad-Din Hospital has received three more days to complete its work, pushing the submission of the full report to 3 June. He made the remarks on Saturday at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in Mohakhali, Dhaka. “We cannot ...

A child has died with symptoms consistent with measles in Sylhet in the past 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the death toll linked to the outbreak in the division to 58 this year. The information was confirmed on Friday morning by Dr Md Mahbubul Alam, director of the Sylhet divisional office of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). ...