Traffic fumes ‘trigger heart attacks’
September 22, 2011
Study shows breathing in heavy traffic fumes can trigger a heart attack.Heart attack risk is raised for about six hours post-exposure and goes down again after that, researchers found, bbc online reports.
Millennium Development Goals on health ‘will not be met’
September 21, 2011
Researchers say just nine of 137 developing countries will achieve ambitious targets to improve the health of women and children.
Sticky foods ‘raise dental disease risks’
September 20, 2011
Changing food habit is raising the risk of dental diseases in Bangladesh as most of the people do not brush properly, dentists say.
Role of Anaesthiologists: From surgery to critical care
September 20, 2011
Most people think of anaesthesio-logist only as the “doctor behind the mask” who helps patients sleep during surgery without pain and who wakes them up when surgery is over.
B’desh to help make bird flu vaccine
September 19, 2011
Bangladesh will share a new strain of bird flu virus, identified as a possible pandemic threat, with US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) to develop ‘seed virus,’ key ingredient to make a vaccine in emergency.
Low-fat yoghurt ‘child asthma risk’ during pregnancy
September 18, 2011
Pregnant women who eat low-fat yoghurt can increase the risk of their child developing asthma and hay fever, a study says.
CMCH corridor turns cardiac ward
September 18, 2011
Twenty-five cardiac patients were forced to spend about six hours in the corridor of the Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH)’s Cardiac Ward, as three students had to sit for examination in the ward.
Human organ trafficking in Bangladesh
September 17, 2011
Bangladesh is an emerging organ bazaar that has been in existence for more than a decade.
Smoking marijuana not linked to obesity: study
September 13, 2011
Anybody who’s smoked marijuana knows about “the munchies,” that desire to eat everything within reach. But a study from France has found that, surprisingly, pot smokers are actually less likely than non-smokers to pack on weight.
High blood pressure genetic clues
September 12, 2011
More than 20 new sections of genetic code have been linked to blood pressure by an international team of scientists.