Doctors warned over private practice on govt time
November 20, 2008
The health secretary has warned government doctors against private practice during office hours. AMM Nasiruddin said strict measures would be taken if such charges are supported by evidence. As many as 104 government doctors have been punished, he said during a meeting with the Anticorruption Commission officials.
Good friends – good health Bad friends – bad health!
November 19, 2008
Good friends may help our life last longer, say researchers at Flinders University, Australia . It found that those who had a large network of friends outlived those with the fewest friends by 22 percent. And the friendships usually fight off depression and boost confidence.
Diabetes: Myth and facts
November 18, 2008
Diabetes is globally an increasing threat to public health. The prevalence of diabetes is higher in the developing countries than that of the developed countries. In a developing country like Bangladesh, the prevalence of diabetes is 5.6% and among them, the type 2 Diabetes is 95%, where the life style has changed.
Checking threats to public health
November 17, 2008
THE recent detection of melamine in milk powder only put fresh and sharp focus on how consumers in Bangladesh have unknowingly taken health hazarding substances. A short list would shock any health conscious person: fishes and milk mixed with formalin which is used to preserve human corpses but which, if eaten, can cause cancer and liver diseases;
Diabetes spreading alarmingly in children: experts
November 16, 2008
Diabetes in growing at alarming rates in children and adolescents, speakers at a discussion said on Friday. “Those children who prefer fast food, soft drinks and computer games instead of games that help build body are mostly affected with diabetes,” national professor MR Khan said at the discussion at BIRDEM Auditorium in the city
Conference on avian influenza and other zoonotic diseases
November 15, 2008
With a view to increase awareness on avian influenza and other emerging zoonotic diseases, ICDDR,B in collaboration with one World One Health-Bangladesh Initiative organised a scientific conference recently at ICDDR,B premises.
DNA’s revolution
November 12, 2008
A revolution has taken place in the last few decades that explains how DNA makes us look like our parents and how a flawed gene can cause disease. This opens the door to treat lot of diseases. DNA is the basis for all living matter. It means Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid.
Avoid squatting to protect your knee
November 11, 2008
Green tea compound may prevent diabetes: study
November 10, 2008
A compound found in green tea could slow or even prevent the development of type 1 diabetes, new research in mice suggests.
Green tea contains several antioxidants that have been shown to curb inflammation, prevent cell death, and possibly even ward off cancer.
In the current study, Dr. Stephen D. Hsu of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta and colleagues tested the effects of green tea’s predominate antioxidant known as EGCG in laboratory mice with type 1 diabetes and Sjogren’s syndrome, which damages moisture-producing glands causing dry mouth and eyes.
They fed the mice plain water or water spiked with 0.2 percent EGCG.
EGCG, the investigators found, reduced the severity and delayed the onset of salivary gland damage associated with Sjogren’s syndrome — a condition with no known cure.
EGCG also dramatically slowed the development of type 1 diabetes in the rodents. At 16 weeks, they found, 25 percent of the mice given the green tea compound had developed diabetes, compared to 67 percent of the mice given water. At 22 weeks, 45 percent of the EGCG group had diabetes, while 78 percent of the control group did.
“Our study focused on Sjogren’s syndrome, so learning that EGCG also can prevent and delay insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes was a big surprise,” Hsu said in a statement.
Both type 1 diabetes and Sjogren’s syndrome are autoimmune diseases, which cause the body to attack itself.
Hsu and his team also found that the salivary gland cells that were under autoimmune attack were actually multiplying, but EGCG slowed this proliferation. Such rapid cell division has also been shown to occur in psoriasis.
The current study supports earlier research showing EGCG’s impact on helping prevent autoimmune disease, the researchers conclude.
Source: bdnews24
Peppermint acts as antiseptic to diphtheria
November 9, 2008