Seventeen people were killed in Zambia on Saturday when a truck hit a minibus in the capital Lusaka, police said. “The accident happened after the driver of a Mercedes-Benz truck cut in front of the Toyota Hiace (minibus)” which was trying to turn, police said in a statement. The crash occurred about seven kilometres (four miles) west of the city’s ...

Some 30,000 people joined a rally in Copenhagen on Saturday in favour of taking in thousands of refugees seeking shelter in Europe, police said. “Everything is taking place in a calm and orderly way,” said a post on the official Twitter feed of Copenhagen police, indicating that roughly 30,000 people had gathered for the demonstration. Demonstrators held up signs reading ...

Some 40,000 migrants could arrive in Germany over the next two days, officials say – double the number who entered the country last weekend. Most are expected to arrive in the southern city of Munich but there are concerns about how the region will cope with another large influx. Around 4,000 troops are being deployed in Germany for logistical support. ...

Amid the indiscriminate use of antibiotics and other drugs leading to treatment failure, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged member countries in South-East Asia Region, including Bangladesh, to urgently address this threat to public health, reports UNB. “Immediate action is needed to stop the world from heading towards pre-antibiotic era in which all achievements made in prevention and control ...

Dentist, using anaesthetic in dental surgery might affect tooth cell growth and development A new study has suggested that local anaesthetic used during orthodontic surgeries may affect the development of children’s teeth. The study comes at a time when more children than ever before are subjected to dental surgery — and local anaesthetic — because of tooth decay or other ...

A drug used to treat diabetes could help in the fight against blood cancer, early research in the journal Nature suggests. An international team of scientists gave the drug to patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia, alongside standard treatment. Those who received the combination therapy were more likely to be free of the disease for longer. Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is ...

With the dip in temperature again, a dose of vitamin C is a must to protect you against infections and help build your immunity. Oranges We all know that oranges contain vitamin C. They are known to the most recognised fruit that gives people a healthy dose of this vitamin. Apart from this, according to a recent survey, merely the ...

The mercury is rising and with the heat starting off as early as 7am these days, people who work out regularly, especially runners, experience some kind of difficulty running in the sun. Maybe it is time you switched over to running at night, not just to gain some respite from the heat, but also to get healthy. Summer nights, especially, ...

For young people at high risk of developing schizophrenia, a 12-week intervention with omega-3 supplements might reduce the long-term risk of progression to the psychotic disorder. According to a paper published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from Australia carried out a study over seven years on the effect of omega-3 on the risk of psychotic disorder, reported Xinhua news ...

Giving obese teenagers extra vitamin D pills can elevate their cholesterol and fat-storing triglycerides levels, an Indian American researcher has discovered. Seema Kumar, pediatric endocrinologist in the Mayo Clinic Children’s Centre also found no benefits of extra vitamin D supplements in improving heart health or decreasing diabetes risk. Parents and providers often put obese adolescent children on vitamin D regiments ...