Health

Say what you want about celebrities, but it’s largely thanks to many high-profile women speaking out and discussing their experiences of the menopause – we’re looking at you Emma Thompson, Davina McCall and Kirsty Wark – that it’s finally stopped being seen as a taboo, ‘hushed-tones-only’ topic. If you’re going through the perimenopause – the stage before ‘The Change’ (why ...

Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, has called on the Sasakawa Peace Foundation to expand its support for healthcare, medical research, maternal and child health, and modern medical infrastructure in Bangladesh. She made the call while speaking at a health seminar organised by the foundation in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday. Zubaida Rahman said the government had identified ...

Bangladesh recorded 17 deaths from viral outbreaks in a single day, with 11 people dying of Dengue and six others succumbing to measles symptoms in the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday (October 27) morning. According to daily press bulletins released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the fresh casualties brought the total national Dengue death toll this ...

England’s most senior hospital doctors will strike next month in a dispute over their pay and hours, prompting NHS bosses to warn that patients will suffer “pain, discomfort and inconvenience”. Consultant doctors, who currently earn an average of £152,000 a year, will stage a two-day walkout on 25 and 26 November, as hospitals gear up for the extra pressures winter ...

Six more children died with measles-like symptoms across the country and 1,388 new suspected cases were reported in the past 24 hours, the health authorities said on Monday. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 78 cases of measles were confirmed between 8am Sunday and 8am Monday, with no confirmed deaths during the same period. The DGHS said ...

The government has intensified its efforts to combat drug trafficking and abuse under its zero-tolerance policy, combining tougher law enforcement, legal reforms, modern detection technology and expanded treatment facilities to protect the country’s youth and future generations. As part of its zero-tolerance policy against drugs, the government has strengthened the existing Narcotics Control Act, 2018, by replacing it with the ...

A special ‘green channel’ has been launched at Kunming Huaxia Eye Hospital in China to facilitate advanced eye treatment for Bangladeshi patients, offering pre-travel medical consultations, priority appointments, interpreter assistance and follow-up care after their return home. The service was formally inaugurated at the hospital in Kunming on Saturday by Bangladesh Consul General Shahnaz Ranu, who also inaugurated the Huaxia ...

The Department of Pediatric Nephrology at Evercare Hospital Dhaka organised the Third International IPNA-Endorsed Teaching Course on Pediatric AKI and Dialysis, titled “Saving Little Kidney & Renal Replacement Therapy in Pediatric AKI”, on 24–25 October. The two-day international conference will focus on acute kidney injury (AKI) in children, renal replacement therapy, and the latest developments in pediatric dialysis, according to ...

Measles infections and fatalities continue to rise across Sylhet division, with 200 suspected and confirmed measles deaths recorded from the beginning of this year through October 23. Among the deceased, 10 died of confirmed measles while 190 died with suspected measles. In the last 24 hours, three more children died with measles symptoms, according to a report from the Sylhet ...

Four more people died of dengue across the country in the last 24 hours, while 1,512 new patients were hospitalized with the Aedes mosquito-borne fever during the same period. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) provided the update in its daily dengue bulletin released on Thursday (October 22). According to DGHS data, the latest deaths bring the total casualty ...