Health

More nurses will be appointed to meet growing demand of specialised nurses in the country, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque. He said the government had appointed 34,000 nurses in last ten years and will appoint more nurses gradually as the demand grows. He was speaking during his visit at a centre of 27th comprehensive examination for licensing ...

There are differences between medicinal steroids and anabolic steroids. From Tokyo Olympics, being banned to the Noida police seizing fake drugs and supplements worth Rs 2 crore, anabolic steroids have often been in the news. although not for the right reasons. More than being a drug pescribed by doctors, anabolic steroids are usually used by bodybuilders. Anabolic steroids are also ...

Cancer-causing chemical compounds called nitrosamines have been detected in a range of everyday foods and could pose a health risk to consumers, the European Food Safety Agency warned on Tuesday. The 10 nitrosamines — which are not intentionally added to food but which can form during its preparation and processing — are carcinogenic and also genotoxic, which means they may ...

PCOS is a chronic endocrinological condition that affects various facets of your health including your reproductive, metabolic and psychological. But with awareness, early identification of symptoms and proper guidance it can be managed. Lifestyle modification, dietary changes, and exercise are the first line of treatment and are the most effective solution for the long term but some women may need ...

Doctors in 10 district hospitals and 20 upazila-level hospitals can start their institutional practice from March 30, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Monday. He said, “Initially, they started the process at the respective hospitals as piloting basis. The doctors will provide their services to the patients from 3pm-6pm.” The minister came up with the disclosure today after a meeting ...

More than 100 people die of tuberculosis every day in the country. However, if tuberculosis is diagnosed at the right time and the medicine is taken correctly, it is possible to recover in 96 percent cases, according to the relevant experts. They said that the number of deaths due to Tuberculosis (TB) has been reduced by half in the last ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common inflammatory disease of the joints. It affects multiple joints, mainly small joints of the hands and wrists but also larger ones. It causes painful joints with stiffness that is typically more in the morning and progresses with time causing joint deformities and, ultimately, a crippling state. Effective treatments are available and therefore, early diagnosis ...

Most patients admitted to hospitals with acute viral infections are given antibiotics as a precaution against bacterial co-infection, but this practice may not improve survival, new research suggests. Researchers investigated the impact of antibiotic use on survival in more than 2,100 patients in a hospital in Norway between 2017 and 2021 and found that giving antibiotics to people with common ...

PCOS is a chronic endocrinological condition that affects various facets of your health including your reproductive, metabolic and psychological. But with awareness, early identification of symptoms and proper guidance it can be managed. Lifestyle modification, dietary changes, and exercise are the first line of treatment and are the most effective solution for the long term but some women may need ...

Despite a great success in treatment of the infectious disease, tuberculosis (TB) still remains a serious public health problem in the country with one person falling ill with it every minute and one dying of the disease every 12 minutes here. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), six of the global high TB burden countries are in the Southeast ...