Health
Why women are reluctant to visit ob-gyns
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.
health / Aedes-infested hospitals treat dengue patients
A tide of anxiety swept over the medical community when a survey by the disease control division of the Directorate General of Health
Mental health / The Crisis Inside
Just over a year ago, a large number of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar crossed the border into Bangladesh and crowded into and around existing refugee camps.
HEALTH / The undead of Rana Plaza
Muhit Faijul is a relatively well-known face in Savar. Talk to youngsters in the region and they will brag about how proud they are to have such a selfless man amidst them.
Cancer: Not just a rich man's disease
“When my husband stopped talking to me, all the responsibility of my treatment fell on my elderly father, who is a farmer. He had to sell off our land, three cows and trees to fund my treatment”
Art for the soul and mind
"NO excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness''—Aristotle. In a particularly distraught moment, I logged on to my Facebook account and reached out to all my friends who I knew battled with one or the other form of mental health issues. Some were going through troubled marriages, some disappointing their parents, some struggling adults, some unable to go to grad school and all battling their minds.
OD-ing on contraceptive pills
Sadia (her name and some others in this article have been changed), 24, while preparing for her upcoming wedding was also worrying about something else—what form of birth control to use. She had been warned by her aunt against using oral contraceptive pills because of the side-effects—that she would gain weight, experience hot flashes. Sadia herself was particularly worried about the hormonal changes due to the pill. Ahead of her wedding, she chose instead to stock up on emergency pills.
Public Health / Combating The Chikungunya Outbreak
At a time when the city is once again experiencing a surge of mosquitoes, residents are concerned about a resurgence of the diseases they carry. The mosquitoes biting us at all hours of day and night though are largely of the Culex variety, which while bothersome, does not bear disease. Aedes however causes dengue and worryingly, chikungunya, which crippled many in the city for some time last year.
