Health

Global cholera vaccine supply has now increased to a level sufficient to allow the resumption of life-saving preventive campaigns for the first time in over three years, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced recently. Mozambique is the first country to restart preventive vaccination, following the halt in 2022 caused by the global surge in ...

Malaysia is emerging as a top medical travel destination for Bangladeshi patients, with Sunway Medical Centre (SMC) in Kuala Lumpur attracting a growing number seeking advanced healthcare. Patients and families cite Malaysia’s combination of world-class treatment, advanced technology, predictable costs, and patient-friendly services as major reasons for the shift from Thailand, China, and Singapore. Treatments include cancer care, cardiac and ...

A new WHO study suggests more than 7 million cases of cancer in 2022 were preventable. Nearly 40% of all the cases that year were caused by modifiable risk factors — behavioral and environmental factors we can change. “We now have the information to prevent cancer before it starts,” said Isabelle Soerjomataram, a cancer surveillance specialist at the International Agency ...

A breakthrough in the fight against pancreatic cancer was unveiled this week, after experts discovered a drug combination that may be able to defeat the disease. The treatment, which involves three existing medications, was found to completely wipe out pancreatic tumours in lab mice. The drugs work together to block the cancer’s ‘survival routes’ simultaneously, making it harder for tumours ...

Perfume is often treated as a harmless finishing touch — a few sprays before stepping out, a familiar scent that signals confidence or comfort. However, recent research is prompting us to examine more closely where and how we apply it, particularly in the neck area. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have analysed commonly used perfumes and cosmetics and ...

We must not treat healing like a single door with one correct key. We ought to treat it like a house with many windows, because no two hearts arrive with the same map, and no two bodies carry grief in the same place. Some people begin with yoga: not the Instagram shape of it, but the honest kind, where breath ...

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, ...