Health

Emergency doctors in the UK have issued a safety warning over water beads, which could be given to children as gifts over Christmas. The brightly coloured soft plastic beads, also known as jelly balls, sensory beads, or water crystals, are marketed as crafting tools and homeware items – but also toys. They are typically only a few millimetres but some ...

Do you know which fruit is most eaten by people all over the world? Let’s explore the most commonly consumed fruit and its health benefits. The name of the fruit is Banana, rich in vitamins, minerals and fibre provides countless benefits to the body. According to a report, bananas mainly contain carbohydrates and sugars like fructose, glucose and sucrose. All ...

Demanding a hike in their monthly stipends to Tk50,000 from Tk25,000, postgraduate private trainee doctors blocked Shahbagh intersection this afternoon. The blockade resulted in halt of traffic movement, causing huge suffering to commuters. The protesters said they gathered at BSMMU around 10:00am and later marched towards Shahbagh intersection. One of the protesters said they have long been demanding hike in ...

Diabetes can be dangerous to your feet—even a small cut can produce serious consequences. Diabetes may cause nerve damage that takes away the feeling in your feet. Diabetes may also reduce blood flow to the feet, making it harder to heal an injury or resist infection. Because of these problems, you may not notice a foreign object in your shoe. ...

The Aedes mosquito-borne disease dengue seems to be spreading unabated this year. The number of dengue cases has been increasing during the winter and the deaths are getting longer. On Friday (December 20), dengue claimed one more life in the last 24 hours and at the same time, 83 new patients were hospitalised.According to entomologists, the reason behind the outbreak ...

The heart is fundamentally a quite simple organ. It’s a pump, composed of four chambers, with a few valves, tubes and clever wiring. However, when the pump fails to function properly, the situation becomes serious. In individuals with severe heart failure, the pump is so weak that it cannot efficiently circulate blood throughout the body. Those affected experience severe shortness ...

The Society of Speech & Language Therapists (SSLT) conducted a workshop titled ‘Comprehensive Guide to ASD Screening and Diagnosis’ at Bijoy Auditorium in Concord Regency Tower of the capital. Child specialist at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Dr. Toshiba Rahman, MBBS, DCH, FCPS, and a fellow in Autism from South Korea, served as the chief instructor of the event. The ...

The US reported its first severe human case of bird flu on Wednesday in a Louisiana resident who is hospitalized in critical condition after suspected contact with an infected backyard flock. California, the most populous state, declared an emergency over the H5N1 virus as it spread more widely in dairy herds and after it has infected dozens of farm workers ...

The Russian Health Ministry has announced that it has developed a cancer vaccine that will be distributed to patients free of cost in early 2025. The vaccine will reportedly be used to treat cancer patients rather than given to the public to prevent cancer. Andrey Kaprin, the General Director of the Radiology Medical Research Centre of the Russian Ministry of ...

Stroke survivors and their family members could benefit from palliative care, which focuses on easing pain and other symptoms once they leave the hospital, but the approach is widely underutilized, especially among Black, Hispanic and Asian patients, according to a new science report from the American Heart Association. The scientific statement, published Monday in the AHA journal Stroke, encourages integrating ...