Health

Nearly a quarter of hospitals in England have seen waiting times worsen since the government published its plan to tackle the backlog a year ago, BBC analysis shows. Hitting the 18-week waiting target for treatments such as knee and hip operations was Labour’s key manifesto pledge for the health service, and last January it set out how it would get ...

JG Healthcare Limited has been appointed as the official representative of Malaysia’s Sunway Medical Centre Sdn Bhd in Bangladesh under a newly signed Service Agreement. The partnership positions JG Healthcare as the authorised local office for patient referrals, medical consultation, and treatment coordination for Bangladeshi patients seeking care at Sunway Medical Centre. Through this collaboration, patients in Bangladesh will receive ...

Despite growing awareness among parents about ensuring safe food for children, alarming levels of adulteration have been found in powdered milk sold in the market under the label of “reputed brands.” Recent laboratory tests conducted by different agencies revealed that several popular milk powder products contain extremely low levels of actual dairy ingredients, while harmful adulterants make up a dangerously ...

Black coffee sits on the stronger end of caffeinated beverages. A study published in The Journal of Nutrition in July 2025 found that black coffee consumption is linked to a lower mortality rate. In other words, drinking coffee without added sugar/cream was associated with a 14 per cent lower risk of all-cause mortality. The findings also reveal that the health ...

An artificial intelligence system co-developed by researchers at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence can predict who is at risk of dying from heart disease up to 12 years in advance — by analysing just two weeks of blood sugar data. Published recently in Nature, the study was co-led by MBZUAI Professor Eran Segal. It shows that continuous glucose ...

The Bangladesh Medical Education Fair-2026 has been held in Kathmandu to promote Bangladesh’s medical education among Nepali students. The Bangladesh Embassy in Kathmandu, in collaboration with the Bangladesh Private Medical College Association (BPMCA), organised the event, read a press release. Twenty private medical colleges from Bangladesh participated in the fair with the necessary information regarding medical education opportunities in Bangladesh ...

Young doctors across Bangladesh have urged Parliament to approve the Smoking and Tobacco Products Use (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 in its upcoming session and to impose effective taxes on all tobacco products in FY 2026–27 national budget, stressing that strong legal and fiscal measures are essential to achieve a tobacco-free Bangladesh. The call was made on Saturday at a workshop ...

Authorities in Russia have detained the chief doctor and acting head of the intensive care unit at a Siberian maternity hospital after nine newborn babies died in just a few days earlier this month, investigators said on Wednesday. The deaths have provoked widespread shock and anger in Russia, where standards of medical care can vary vastly from world-class in major ...

Balancing on a single limb can be surprisingly challenging as we get older, but training yourself to do it for longer can make you stronger, boost your memory and keep your brain healthier. Unless you’re a flamingo, spending time delicately poised on one leg isn’t something you probably invest a lot of time in. And depending on your age, you ...

The rate of women dying during or soon after pregnancy in the UK has increased by 20% over the last decade, despite the Conservatives having pledged to halve it, according to figures experts have described as “an absolute tragedy”. In 2015, the then Tory health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, vowed to reduce maternal deaths by 50% by 2030 and make the ...