DHAKA: Health and family welfare minister Mohammed Nasim on Saturday said a surgical center with cutting-edge technology will be built in Bangladesh.He further said facilities of operations for all kinds of diseases will be made available here.The minister came up with the assertions in

DHAKA: Health and family welfare minister Mohammed Nasim said that some 469 new AIDS patients have been reported this year. Ninety five of them had died.The total number of HIV/AIDS patients is 4,143 and a total of 658 people died of this disease.The health minister made this disclosure

DHAKA: The rate of HIV infected people are on the rise in Bangladesh as all the causes of contracting the disease exists here.The rate would increase more if the authorities concerned fail to ensure decrease of chances of contraction, provide essential services and medical helps to the

DHAKA: The UN children’s fund says the number of adolescents dying from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most having acquired the disease when they were infants.AIDS is the leading cause of death among adolescents in Africa, with six countries - South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya,

DHAKA: The company that sparked an outcry by raising the price of its HIV drug in the US by 5,000% says it will cut its price for some users.Martin Shkreli’s drug company Turing Pharmaceuticals bought the rights to 62-year old drug Daraprim and increased the price per pill from $13.50

DHAKA: Scientists in the U.S. say they've created a new strain of mosquito that could eventually help eradicate malaria.Researchers at the University of California used a gene editing technique to insert DNA into the germ line of the Anopheles stephensi mosquito -- a leading vector of the

DHAKA: The National Campaign to tackle Vitamin A deficiency among children in the age group of 6 to 59 months began across the country on Saturday (November 14).More than 2.40 crore children are being fed vitamin 'A' capsule through 1,40,000 centres, including 20,000 mobile centres,The

DHAKA: The 12th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP12), which is scheduled to begin from November 20 in Dhaka, has been postponed on Friday.  According to ICAAP12 website, ‘Due to unavoidable circumstances, the Executive Committee of 12th International

DHAKA: More than 2.40 crore children will be fed vitamin 'A' capsule through 1,40,000 centres across the country in National Vitamin A+ campaign on Saturday. Children, aged 6 to 11 months, will be fed a blue colored vitamin A capsule and children, aged from 12 to 59 months, will be fed

DHAKA: Sierra Leone has officially been declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO).Thousands of people took to the streets of the capital, Freetown, at the stroke of midnight - marking 42 days without a single declared case of the disease.There were further cheers when

DHAKA: A California man is recovering after he had a live tapeworm removed from his brain during emergency surgery.Luis Ortiz was admitted to a hospital in Napa with what he called the worst headache of his life.In a brain scan, neurosurgeon Soren Singel discovered the larvae of a

DHAKA: Scientists have designed microscopic "grenades" that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours.The team will present its findings at the National Cancer Research Institute conference next week, bbc.com reported.They plan to use liposomes - tiny bubbles of fat, which carry

DHAKA: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said free mammogram will be provided at all government hospitals concerned in December every year aiming to thwart breast cancer.The minister made the announcement while addressing the daylong Bangladesh Breast Cancer Conference-2015 at a city hotel

DHAKA: Processed meats - such as bacon, sausages and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Its report said 50g of processed meat a day - less than two slices of bacon - increased the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18%.Meanwhile, it said red

DHAKA: North South Hospital has announced a 3-day cancer scanning program from aiming to provide quality medicare with minimum expenditure.The program will remain open from 4:00pm to 8:00pm from October 26 to 28.North South Hospital chief adviser and also former deputy speaker Colonel

DHAKA: Plague has been a scourge on humanity for far longer than previously thought, ancient DNA shows.Samples taken from the teeth of seven bodies contained traces of the bacterial infection in the Bronze Age, bbc.com reported. They also showed it had, at the time, been unable to cause

DHAKA: The world's largest clinical trial to examine whether aspirin can prevent cancers returning has begun in the UK.About 11,000 people who have had early bowel, breast, prostate, stomach and esophageal cancer will be involved, the bbc.com reported.Uncertainty about the drug's possible

DHAKA: High levels of cholesterol are linked to a heightened risk of tendon abnormalities and pain, reveals a pooled analysis of the available evidence.Chronic low-level inflammation, prompted by cholesterol build-up in immune system cells, may have a key role, the findings suggested,

DHAKA: Very useful tool of diagnosis since the earliest days of medicine is human urine.Characteristics of the urine like the color, density, and smell of urine can reveal much about the state of our health. We will present some of the things you can tell from the hue of your liquid

DHAKA: The secret of extending life by decades may lie in switching off certain genes, scientists believe, after showing that small genetic tweaks can make organisms live 60 per cent longer.Ten years of research by the Buck Institute for Research on Ageing and the University of Washington