Health

When I was in class nine, a friend of mine spoke to me about her irregular menstruation cycle; she lamented how her periods almost lasted a month. At the time, I couldn’t fully grasp the depths of her plight. I, with my textbook 28-day cycle, assumed such things were impossibilities, just another bizarre quirk of adolescence. It wasn’t until years ...

On 2 March 2022, a milestone in Bangladesh’s medical history was set when a 42-year-old woman, Tasnova Mostafiz Nova, became the first person in the country to receive an artificial heart. Although the event received significant media coverage at the time, Tasnova herself did not appear before the public. However, nearly two and a half years later, Tasnova and her ...

One in five people in the country, most of whom are over 35, have presbyopia, or the inability to see objects up close, said a new study. The study conducted by BRAC and VisionSpring also shows that the silent epidemic also has significant economic consequences. Moreover, treatable blindness remains a major challenge, with nearly 1% of people over 40 at ...