With temperatures dipping and a cold wave sweeping throughout the country, ailments common to winter are rising, especially among children.

Use of multivitamin or folic acid supplements before or during pregnancy is associated with reduced risk for autism in the offspring,

Stuck in stuffy nose hell? As tempting as it is to blow through a tissue box a day, the temporary relief you might feel is not worth it. Put

At the end of December 2017, World Health Organisation (WHO) prequalified the first conjugate vaccine for typhoid, Bharat Biotech’s

A lack of robust surveillance and data on enteric fever — typhoid and paratyphoid fever — contributes to difficulty in studying,

The abuse of narcotics drugs has increased manifold in Bangladesh including its production and involvement of terrorists groups with

Sleeping less than 8 hours a night is linked to intrusive and repetitive thoughts like those seen in anxiety and depression, reports a new study.

"Gaming disorder" will be recognised as a disease later this year following expert consensus over the addictive risks associated with playing electronic games, the World Health Organization says.

Alcohol damages the DNA of stem cells responsible for producing new blood, according to a mouse study which may explain the link between drinking and cancer, scientists say.

Facebook accounts and telephone records can be used to pinpoint the best individuals to vaccinate to stop a disease outbreak in its tracks, researchers say.

A new review of the latest evidence on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) – which includes 30 new studies published between 2013 and

Make 2018 your healthiest year yet. Add these tips to your resolution list to boost your health and well-being!

At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services, according to a new report from the World Bank and World

Life of Mayor Anisul Haque was claimed by cerebral vasculitis. It is an inflammation of the intracranial blood vessels. Small, medium

Diabetic neuropathy is the most common complication of Diabetes Mellitus (DM). According to International Diabetes Federation’s

Many of us start the year with plans to take up exercise again, but find it hard to keep the momentum going month after month. Have no fear, we've got the lowdown on how to get moving, have fun, and avoid injury.

Bloomberg reports that Apple plans to incorporate an electrocardiogram reader into its next generation of smartwatches, helping to prevent a potential heart attack.

This year has seen a variety of studies show that too much screen time is bad for our health. If one of your New Year's resolutions is to spend less time looking at your smartphone, then read on for some expert tips to help.

This year one of the biggest health problems we have faced is a lack of sleep, with a flurry of studies showing how our chronic lack of shut-eye is negatively affecting many aspects of our health.

A day long free hearing check-up camp was organised recently at the Asgar Ali Hospital in collaboration with Siemens being led by Prof