Bring TB patients under DOTS
Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in Bangladesh. The country ranks 5th on the list of 22 highest burden TB countries in the world.
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WHO maps out new strategy to battle tuberculosis
The World Health Organisation unveiled a new strategy to fight tuberculosis, an infectious disease that kills about 1.7 million people worldwide each year.
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Improved formula for oral rehydration salts
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Unicef announced a new formula for the manufacture of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS).
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Influence of family history on heart disease
Background family history, a well-known risk factor for coronary heart disease, represents genetic, environmental, and behavioural elements, and the interactions between them.
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Foreign object swallowed
If you swallow a foreign object, it will usually pass through the digestive system uneventfully. But some objects can lodge in the esophagus, the tube that connects throat and stomach.
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Dietary folate may lower pancreatic cancer risk
Increased levels of dietary folate from food, but not from supplements, appears to reduce the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to results of a large population-based study of Swedish men
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Lack of sleep leads to fewer brain cells
Skimping on sleep can slow certain types of learning, a new study in rats shows, and the difficulty seems to arise from a lack of new brain neurons.
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Are you glucose intolerant?
We have all heard about the rise of diabetes, but a related disease called impaired glucoe tolenrance (IGT) has not received much recognition.
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Your Doctor
Dear doctor,
I am a 43 years old man suffering from chest pain for the last couple of months. The pain increases with increased work load.
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