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Stay Hydrated Inside Out With Refreshing Summer Drinks

The entire country is burning with intense heat. Dehydration is one of the physical problems that occur when the temperature rises. Deficiency of body water occurs due to heat. As a result, the skin becomes lifeless. There is a risk of heat stroke. Therefore, starting from doctors and nutritionists, everyone advises to drink more water during this time. Drinking water ...

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4 symptoms of kidney disease

Kidneys may be slowly failing. But you don’t catch it due to lack of awareness. The way you live your daily life determines how healthy you will be. It is important to change your diet and lifestyle. There are some symptoms that can alert you to kidney problems. Check whether these problems are occurring in your body or not. So ...

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284 medical teams prepared to ensure healthcare during ‘Mocha’ in Ctg

About 284 medical teams, formed by Chattogram Civil Surgeon Office, are prepared to ensure public health care during and after the cyclone ‘Mocha’. Civil Surgeon Dr Md Ilias Chowdhury told BSS that a total of three to five health workers are working in each team and the medical teams will provide emergency health care to the victims during and after ...

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Washing hands can aid infection control and prevention of diarrhoea: Expert

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! This came into realisation during the chaotic times of the pandemic when washing hands thoroughly was the most basic precaution asked by the government and healthcare authorities. However, hygiene has always lagged behind in most countries of the world resulting in the WHO recognising WASH (Water, sanitation and hygiene) as ...

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US panel recommends nonprescription use of contraception pill

A US panel of health experts voted Wednesday in favor of making birth control pills available without a prescription, a move backed by reproductive rights advocates especially in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling overturning the national right to abortion. The independent panel voted unanimously that the benefits of allowing the medicine, Opill, to be sold over the counter, ...

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Mammograms should start at 40, says US task force

All women should get mammogram screening for breast cancer starting from age 40, rather than 50, an influential US health body announced Tuesday, a move it said could save thousands of lives. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death for women in the United States, killing around 42,000 women and ...

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Little evidence antidepressants help chronic pain: study

There is little evidence that most antidepressants are effective against chronic pain, the largest study conducted on the subject said on Wednesday. However, the British researchers who carried out the review emphasised that patients should not stop taking their current medication, advising them to talk to their doctors instead, AFP reports. Chronic pain, or any kind of pain that lasts ...

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Study finds how exercise more important than diet to maintain weight loss

Physical activity helps maintain significant weight loss more effectively than diet, according to a recent study from the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Centre (AHWC) at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. The study, published in the March issue of Obesity, was selected as the Editor’s Choice article. “This study addresses the difficult question of why so many people ...

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Simple measures can prevent a million baby deaths a year: study

Providing simple and cheap healthcare measures to pregnant women — such as offering aspirin — could prevent more than a million babies from being stillborn or dying as newborns in developing countries every year, new research said on Tuesday. An international team of researchers also estimated that one quarter of the world’s babies are born either premature or underweight, adding ...

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Five best foods to control diabetes

Diabetes is one of the rapidly growing global diseases. The number of people having diabetes has grown from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. Diabetes is the major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart issue, and lower limb amputation. In today’s busy life meanwhile our bingeing on unhealthy, sugary and processed food has immensely contributed to increase ...

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