The Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has suspended production, distribution, sale and export of heartburn drug ranitidine following detection of cancer-causing ingredients in its raw materials.

The Progeria Research Foundation (PRF - www.progeriaresearch.org), the organisation dedicated to discovering treatments and the cure for children with Progeria, announced the launch of ‘Find the Children - 10 in Bangladesh with Progeria’ campaign recently.

For a patient whose asthma is not controlled by medium-to-high–dose inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and a long-acting ß-agonist (LABA), current guidelines e.g., Global Initiative for Asthma recommend adding a long-acting antimuscarinic agent (LAMA). In two industry-sponsored European trials,

To reduce the high risk of suicide after hospital attendance for self-harm, improved clinical management is needed for all patients – including comprehensive assessment of the patients’ mental state, needs, and risks, as well as implementation of risk reduction strategies, including safety planning.

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) has updated its interim guidance for the evaluation and management of patients with suspected e-cigarette, or vaping-associated, lung injury (EVALI), based on the 1,299 cases reported as of October 8, 2019.

You might be surprised to know that you do not need to go to the gym or bundle up for a winter power walk to stay fit. Daily activities burn calories and can add up to a personal fitness routine.

A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) offers guidance and tools for urban leaders to tackle some of the leading causes of death in cities.

Women with breast cancer identified between screening mammograms are more likely to be diagnosed with other cancers both before and after their breast cancer diagnosis, according to a Nature Communications study.

“Smoker’s Face,” a condition where smokers look older than they are, is just one of many negative effects caused by heavy tobacco usage. Louise Millard of the University of Bristol and colleagues report these findings in a new study published recently in PLOS Genetics.

Worldwide, breast cancer is the most-common invasive cancer in women. It affects about 12% of women worldwide. Breast cancer comprises 22.9% of invasive cancers in women and 16% of all female cancers.

The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health recently took place in Hyderabad, India, which opened with a call to end the emergency of the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic, now responsible for killing some 1.5 million people each year.

New antibiotics are a rarity these days, let alone new antibiotic classes. But in August 2019, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved lefamulin (Xenleta), the first of the broad-spectrum pleuromutilins, for treating patients with bacterial pneumonia.

The numbers of books and homework copies are increased in every school now a days.

Cancer screening rates are up to a quarter lower in women with diabetes, varying by type of cancer, and putting them at risk of poorer cancer outcomes, concludes new research in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]).

From 20 to 26 October 2019 the international lead poisoning prevention week of action will took place, with a particular focus on eliminating lead paint.

Psychotic Disorders are a group of mental health conditions that change your sense of reality. When you have these disorders, you might see and hear things that do not exist or believe things that are not true.

It took two years for 42-year-old Solema Begum to meet a gynaecologist for a lump that was developing in one of her breasts.

Three nonpharmacologic interventions were clinically beneficial for patients with dementia and agitation or aggression, according to a network meta-analysis in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Young adults with depression may experience improvements following a brief dietary intervention, according to a small, randomised trial in PLOS One.

No matter what we hear or experience about alternative treatment – we tend to rush to many places once allopathic or established treatment has not worked for us effectively.