Health

More research is needed into whether there may be a link between weight-loss injections and an increase in gallbladder removals, specialist doctors have said. The number of gallbladder surgeries recorded by NHS England in 2024-25 was at its highest peak in the past decade. The president of the British Obesity and Metabolic Specialist Society, Ahmed Ahmed, said he was doing ...

The Department of Cooperatives has been officially declared a 100 percent smoke and tobacco-free institution, a move aimed at protecting employees and visitors from the harmful effects of smoking and second-hand smoke. The announcement was made on Thursday (29 January) by Mohammad Hafizul Haider Chowdhury, Additional Registrar (Administration, Mass Education and Finance), at the Titas Conference Hall of the Department ...

The newly recruited 3,263 doctors and dentists today joined their new jobs through the 48th Special Bangladesh Civil Service (Health) exam, officials said on Sunday. Health ministry officials said 2,984 of the recruits joined as assistant medical surgeons and 279 as assistant dental surgeons following the exams conducted by Bangladesh Public Service Commission. The Health Services Division of the ministry ...

Medically reviewed by Kierra Brown, RD Bananas contain potassium, an essential mineral which can lower blood pressure. Potassium does this by relaxing blood vessel walls and helping the body dispose of sodium. Getting enough potassium is linked to a number of health benefits, but people with kidney health issues may need to limit their intake. Bananas are a potassium-rich fruit, ...

An outbreak of the Nipah virus in India is being closely monitored by Jersey’s health authorities. The World Health Organisation has described Nipah as one of its top 10 priority diseases because of its potential to trigger an epidemic. It can spread from animals to humans and is associated with a high mortality rate as there is no vaccine for ...

A growing body of research suggests that everything from the shape of your lungs to how you enunciate your Ts and Ks could make you a flu superspreader. In January 2020, British businessman Steve Walsh began an international trip which would take him to Singapore and France before returning home to Brighton in the UK. Walsh’s travels – which saw ...

The threat posed by plastic production, usage and disposal to human health will skyrocket in the coming years unless the world does something to address this global crisis, researchers warned Tuesday. A British-French team of researchers attempted to cover all the different ways that plastic affects health, from oil and gas extraction during production to all the products that end ...

A day-long free medical camp was held at the District Council Auditorium of Bagerhat today to mark the birth anniversary of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman. Former President of Bagerhat Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) Dr. SM Lutful Kabir presided over the program, organized by the Bagerhat unit of DAB. Dr. Md. Mehedi Hasan, Treasurer of the DAB Central Committee, attended ...

Have you ever sat in a boring meeting and wondered: “What if I just started shouting?” Or you’re driving along and you think: “What if I crash?” These unsettling scenarios are known as “intrusive thoughts” which the majority of us will experience from time to time and feel able to shrug off. But for some they can become overwhelming obsessions ...

Indian authorities said they had ensured “timely containment” of the deadly Nipah virus after two cases were confirmed in West Bengal state. Nipah, spreads from animals to humans, has no vaccine and a fatality rate ranging from 40 to 75 percent, according to the World Health Organization. “Enhanced surveillance, laboratory testing, and field investigations were undertaken… which ensured timely containment ...