Neck pain is now common in Bangladesh. According to Global Health Data Exchange and the World Bank, every 1,639 people are suffering from neck pain with other pain among 100,000 population in a year. As stated in The Lancet, globally 330 million people have neck pain.

A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) reveals that overweight and

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is the most common type of diabetes in the world. T2D is typically treated with lifestyle changes, such as

An inexpensive and widely available drug could save the lives of 1 in 3 mothers who would otherwise bleed to death after childbirth, according to a major study published in The Lancet.

Practicing breathing exercises may prevent hypertension in adults, if caught early while the nervous system is still plastic, according to an Australian study published in Cell Metabolism.

The Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) publishes updated clinical guidelines encompassing the benefits of mind-body therapies, such as meditation and yoga, during and after breast cancer treatment.

A new UK study highlights the importance of friendships in helping people get through the more stressful periods of life.

Social networks are an ideal stage for narcissists to showcase themselves. Accordingly, a lot of people with narcissistic traits are drawn to these platforms as a new study conducted by psychologists from Würzburg and Bamberg shows.

World Immunisation Week – celebrated in the last week of April – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Immunisation saves millions of lives and is widely recognised as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions.

Despite one in 10 people worldwide global having chronic kidney disease, a new report – The Global Kidney Health Atlas – presented at the World Congress of Nephrology in Mexico City and compiled by the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and kidney health

A new study shows that investments in adolescent health and wellbeing are some of the best that can be made towards achieving the SDGs.

Bangladesh is one of the largest tobacco consuming countries in the world, with over 46 million (43%) adults consuming cigarettes, bidis, smokeless tobacco or other tobacco products and Bangladesh is one of the five focus countries of the Bloomberg Initiative (BI) to reduce tobacco use.

Past week, leaders from governments, pharmaceutical companies and charitable organisations convened at a five-day summit in Geneva to pledge new commitments to the collective efforts to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

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Starting with only 40 members in 2014, ACES is currently 800-strong.

Crash Course, which has been facilitating skill building workshops since 2015, returned this year with a full-fledged agenda of equipping students with the tools required for a strong corporate career.

Underscoring the necessity for all countries to support their most vulnerable citizens, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bhutan says it is the responsibility of all to make sure adequate social and medical support for individuals with autism and neuro-development disorders.

By simulating a space mission to Mars, an international team of researchers notes that eating salty food led to greater hunger than thirst, at least in the long term. The reason seems to be a protective mechanism that conserves water in the kidneys.

In a conference organised by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), and the World Diabetes

Countries are not increasing spending fast enough to meet the water and sanitation targets under the Sustainable Development Goals