Health

Five dengue patients die; 820 hospitalized in 24 hrs

Staff Correspondent: Five dengue patients died and 820 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours until yesterday morning. With the latest death, a total of 182 people died of dengue

Pharmacists grabbing money thru’ artificial crisis

Most life saving drugs out of market Staff Reporter: Artificial crisis of life saving medicines has created obstacle in health service as people can’t carry their treatment properly due to

World Heart Day Tomorrow: Strong Tobacco Control Law needed to reduce risk of tobacco-related heart disease

Staff Correspondent: Nation is going to observe the World Heart Day tomorrow (on September 29) with the theme of ‘USE HEART FOR EVERY HEART’. Cardiovascular or heart diseases (CVD), which

Harmful substances found in brinjal may increase cancer risk: Study

News Desk: An excessive amount of trace metals, mainly lead, nickel, and cadmium, has been found in brinjals cultivated on a mass scale in Islampur and Melandah upazilas of Jamalpur,

Hypertensive heart disease: Treatment at community clinic level demanded

Swarnomoyee Mostafa Oishy: Hypertension is one of the major causes of heart disease. According to the World Health Organization, 1.28 billion people suffer from high blood pressure worldwide and two-thirds

Availability of medication must be ensured at community clinic level to combat hypertension

Swarnomoyee Mostafa Oishy: A large number of people in Bangladesh suffer from hypertension, a non-communicable disease that poses various health risks. One in every five (21 percent) adults in Bangladesh