How nutrition shapes our genes: the promise of nutrigenomics
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Health
Renal denervation: A global advancement in managing resistant hypertension
26 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Health
HPV vaccine: a game changer in preventing cervical cancer
15 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Health
Navigating the global shift: understanding future fertility trends and implications
23 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Health
Drug-coated balloon outperforms uncoated balloon in treating blocked arteries
23 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Health
Bacteria becoming more resistant to antibiotics
22 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Health
Neglected 80-year-old antibiotic is effective against multi-drug resistant bacteria
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Health
‘Research, database crucial for cancer treatment’
17 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Health
Is drinking cold water harmful to health?
26 October 2022, 10:49 AM
Health
Microplastic in our seafood: Macro problem for our health
17 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Health
How nutrition shapes our genes: the promise of nutrigenomics
Other than making the body function and providing it with all the nutrients, our diet interacts with genes themselves to affect long-term health by altering gene expression.
28 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Renal denervation: A global advancement in managing resistant hypertension
In 2023, the approval of two renal denervation (RDN) systems marked a significant step in treating high blood pressure worldwide, particularly for patients whose condition remains uncontrolled despite lifestyle changes and medications.
26 October 2024, 18:00 PM
HPV vaccine: a game changer in preventing cervical cancer
The HPV vaccine has been available to girls aged 12–13 since 2008, and catch-up programmes are available until age 19. Previous research showed that vaccinated women had significantly lower rates of cervical cancer, but uptake of the vaccine was lower in areas with more economic challenges.
15 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Navigating the global shift: understanding future fertility trends and implications
A new study published in The Lancet highlights a significant global shift towards lower fertility rates, posing major implications for economies and societies worldwide. By 2100, over 97% of countries are projected to have fertility rates below what’s needed to sustain population levels.
23 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Drug-coated balloon outperforms uncoated balloon in treating blocked arteries
Researchers compared the efficacy and safety of a drug-coated balloon versus an uncoated balloon in a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association to treat in-stent restenosis, a complication that affects up to 10% of patients
23 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Bacteria becoming more resistant to antibiotics
Multi-drug resistance in bacteria has increased by 14 percent over the last seven years, and most of them are getting even more resistant to certain antibiotics, said a national AMR (antimicrobial resistance) surveillance report.
22 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Neglected 80-year-old antibiotic is effective against multi-drug resistant bacteria
A recent study published in the journal PLOS Biology suggests that an old antibiotic could be a valuable weapon against drug-resistant bacterial infections. The research, conducted by James Kirby and his team from Harvard Medical School, explores the potential of an antibiotic called nourseothricin, which was discovered in the 1940s but was abandoned due to kidney toxicity.
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Research, database crucial for cancer treatment’
The treatment arrangement for cancer patients could not be arranged in a planned way due to the absence of comprehensive research and a database on this fatal disease in the country, speakers at an event said yesterday.
17 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Microplastic in our seafood: Macro problem for our health
Microplastics are tiny fractions of plastics measuring less than 5 millimeters in size. Often smaller than the tiniest grains of sands, these particles pose a grave danger to our health.
17 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Personality traits are associated with well-being and satisfaction in life after work
A new study published recently in PLOS ONE journal has identified novel associations between older adults’ personality traits, the routes they took to leave their jobs, and their well-being after exiting the workforce.
2 April 2022, 18:00 PM
A new study finds higher rates of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes after infection with mild COVID-19
A new study in Diabetologia suggests a link between mild COVID-19 and type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Professors from the German Diabetes Center conducted the research.
19 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Concerning children with Autism and their social & academic development
Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder. It is not characterised by a single symptom but comes with various symptoms.
19 March 2022, 18:00 PM
The need for lab tests in disease diagnosis
Recently, I saw an eight-month-old kid who had constipation since birth. On query, the patient had delayed stool passage after delivery, neonatal
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Coordinated action needed to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Antibiotic resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest public health challenges of our time.
27 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Psychotherapist Dr Aaron Beck, father of cognitive therapy, dies at 100
Dr Aaron T Beck, a groundbreaking psychotherapist regarded as the father of cognitive therapy, died Monday at his Philadelphia home. He had turned 100 in July.
2 November 2021, 06:29 AM
Arpita’s journey ignite the fire in us that nothing is impossible
It was a typical day in Bogra in Bangladesh. But not for Arpita, a three year old child. She was excited to meet her new baby brother.
25 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Country’s lone tissue bank gets Tk 174cr boost
In the past 12 years, the lone tissue bank of the country has helped a total of 8,300 people who have had organ transplantations.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Star journo awarded for sanitation report
The Daily Star journalist Nilima Jahan was named a winner of the “Media Award 2021”, arranged by the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) yesterday for the second year in a row.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Star journalist Nilima Jahan wins DGFP Media Award 2021
A journalist of The Daily Star was named the winner of "Media Award 2021" arranged by the Directorate General of Family Planning (DGFP) today.
11 July 2021, 09:02 AM
61% of adolescents suffer from depression, 3.6% attempted suicide during pandemic: Survey
A total of 61.2 percent of youths (aged between 18 and 25) in Bangladesh are suffering from depression and 3.7 percent have attempted suicide during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey.
10 July 2021, 12:33 PM