Health

Just three night shifts may be enough to raise your risk of several diseases like diabetes, obesity, and other metabolic disorders, finds a study. Researchers from Washington State University, the US revealed that night shifts can cause the body’s protein rhythms related to blood glucose regulation to go haywire. It also hampers energy metabolism and inflammation — influencing the development ...

The process of making vaccines for parasites is extremely challenging – but scientists might be on the cusp of major breakthroughs. There was much celebration in January, when Cameroon became the first country in the world to roll out routine vaccination against malaria. In February, Burkina Faso followed suit. “Control of malaria has not been going in a good direction, ...

Health Minister Dr. Samanta Lal Sen Sunday said the government has taken all-out preparedness on healthcare services to prevent dengue diseases. “We have asked all relevant organizations to remain alert for taking prompt actions to deal any possible outbreak of the dengue diseases,” he told a press conference at his ministry here. Emphasizing on taking comprehensive initiatives to prevent the ...

Hormone therapy can be an effective treatment against some breast cancers that are affected by hormones, like oestrogen and progesterone, said health experts on Friday. Hormone therapy is different from hormone replacement therapy which can worsen breast cancer. Though not all, some breast cancer tumours express hormone receptors, making them sensitive to hormones, and are termed hormone-sensitive breast cancers. When ...

Even passive smoking poses dangers to your health. Picture this: you’re enjoying a freshly brewed milk tea outside a local tea shop when sudden coughing fits interrupt your enjoyment. The culprit? A man standing nearby, puffing away on a cigarette he just bought. You step aside, but the harm has already been done. According to WHO, second-hand smoke is responsible ...

The National Vitamin A-plus campaign is being conducted with a target to feed the capsules to over 2.22 crore children, aged between six months and 59 months. The campaign started at 8am on Saturday (June 1) and will continue till 4pm. Feeding Vitamin A capsules prevents blindness in children, ensures normal growth, reduces all types of child mortality by 24 ...

South Korea held a virtual meeting with the US on Thursday to enhance mutual understanding of their respective telemedicine industries and explore areas of cooperation, officials said. According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the session with some 30 companies from both countries followed up on the South Korea-US Supply Chain and Commercial Dialogue (SCCD) held in March, ...

About 5.45 lakh children will be fed vitamin ‘A’ plus capsule in Chattogram on Saturday during the countrywide campaign. Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Mohammad Rezaul Karim Chowdhury will inaugurate the vitamin ‘A’ Plus campaign on Saturday morning. Under the campaign, about 85,000 children aged between six months and 11 months will be given capsule with blue color while about ...

A target to start treatment within 18 weeks for most NHS patients in England will be hit within five years, Labour has promised. The party made the pledge as it set out details of how it would start making inroads into the backlog. This includes getting the NHS to do more out-of-hours, and making greater use of the private sector. ...

Rahul Dey and his wife Promita Rani are bankers by profession. They had a happy conjugal life along with two children – Prasanta, 7, and Jhorna 5. But, for the last couple of days, Prasanta appeared to be not interested in playing with his sister or other children on the ground floor of their building. He looked tired and bored. ...