Health

When life gets busy and stress levels rise, it’s not uncommon to find yourself walking into a room and forgetting why you went there, losing your train of thought mid-sentence or struggling to stay focused on simple tasks. Especially after the weekend, it can be hard to get back into work or study mode. This mental cloudiness is often called ...

The government will start a nationwide typhoid vaccination campaign on October 12 to protect millions from typhoid fever, especially children who are the most vulnerable. Under the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), children will receive free typhoid vaccines. Health officials say the campaign will not only prevent common typhoid but also help curb the growing threat of drug-resistant typhoid. Health ...

The National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS) today released one more student suffered burn injuries in the fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College in the capital’s Uttara. An eleven-year-old student of Milestone School and College, Hafsa was discharged today as her condition improved, said NIBPS Resident Surgeon Dr Shawon Bin Rahman. With Hafsa, a total of ...

If mealtimes with your child sometimes feel more like negotiations than nourishment, you aren’t alone. According to the NHS, more than half of children will show fussy eating habits at some point. Charlotte Stirling-Reed, a child and baby nutritionist, spoke to the CBeebies Parental Helpline about the best ways to manage it and said it’s important not to blame yourself. ...

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Eli Lilly’s (LLY.N), opens new tab appeal of an $183.7 million judgment won by a whistleblowing lawyer and pharmacist who accused the drugmaker of defrauding Medicaid. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said a federal jury reasonably found that Lilly knowingly concealed having retroactively increased prices on some drugs, and ...

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday unveiled the Trump administration’s long-awaited roadmap to tackle chronic disease, calling for better nutrition, tighter scrutiny of medical advertising, and even a new push to boost fertility. Conspicuously absent, however, were concrete proposals to directly restrict ultra-processed foods or pesticides — long priorities of Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. ...

Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP) held a seminar, demanding swift passage of the proposed amendment to the Tobacco Control Law at CIRDAP Auditorium in Dhaka on Tuesday. The event, titled “The Urgent Need to Pass Proposed Amendment to the Tobacco Control Law for Public Health Protection”, brought together key stakeholders to advocate for the immediate passage of a ...

The World Health Organization has asked Taliban authorities to lift restrictions on Afghan female aid workers, allowing them to travel without male guardians and help women struggling to access care after a powerful earthquake killed 2,200 people in eastern Afghanistan. “A very big issue now is the increasing paucity of female staff in these places,” Dr Mukta Sharma, the deputy ...

Kidneys play a vital role in keeping the body balanced, filtering waste, regulating fluids and controlling key minerals. But when these organs are under stress, their warning signals often go unnoticed until damage has already begun. According to a report by Hindustan Times, consultant nephrologist at CK Birla Hospital, Gurugram, Dr Mohit Khirbat, highlighted that recognising the early signs of ...

Errors by machines used to diagnose diabetes mean at least 55,000 people in England will need further blood tests, a BBC investigation has discovered. Some patients have been wrongly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and even prescribed medication they don’t need – and there could be more people affected, say NHS England. NHSE has confirmed 16 hospital trusts use the ...