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Eat meat sensibly during holidays

A sensible diet is one that contains a wide variety of foods which includes protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and fats. Plan your meals properly during Eid holidays. Delicious meat dishes (especially made of beef and mutton) are one of the essential food items during this time. But it is wise … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

New programme seeks to deliver vaccines to poor

Five governments and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $1.5 billion to help give poor countries better access to vaccines against pneumococcal disease such as pneumonia and meningitis.

The Advance Market Commitment programme creates financial incentive with a guaranteed price to persuade companies to invest the large sums of money … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Protecting children from environmental hazards

Children are exposed to serious health risks from environmental hazards. Over 40 percent of the global burden of disease attributed to environmental factors falls on children below five years of age, who account for only about 10 percent of the world’s population.

Environmental risk factors often act in concert, and their … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Hidden dangers of plastic containers

We all have heard that drinking more water is better for our health, but the plastic bottles we drink from may contain dangerous toxins! Some scientific research showed that plastics can emit toxin chemicals that are hazardous to the body.

Harvard School of Public Health researchers report that the plastic bottles … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Cost-effective measures could stop pneumonia deaths

Implementing measures to improve nutrition, indoor air pollution, immunisation coverage and the management of pneumonia cases could be cost-effective and significantly reduce child mortality from pneumonia, according to a study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Researchers found that these strategies combined could reduce total child mortality … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Fitness programme: 6 steps to guide your selection

Fitness programmes abound, from yoga and Pilates to step aerobics and strength training — either at home or in a gym. So which type of fitness programme is best for you? Use these 6 simple steps to find out.

Step 1: Assess your fitness level
You probably have some idea of how … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

10 Essential Health Tips

“He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.” -Arabian Proverb

1. Move More
Make it a daily challenge to find ways to move your body. Climb stairs if given a choice between that and escalators or elevators. Walk your dog; chase your kids; toss balls with friends, … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Drug resistance TB and challenges ahead

Rising trend of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) has emerged as major threat to tuberculosis (TB) control programme in Bangladesh. Experts identified inappropriate and irregular treatment beyond programmatic control, lack of diagnostic facility and treatment of existing MDR cases as the contributor of rising number of MDR-TB patients.

According to global TB … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Sprints may be best for diabetes prevention

A few minutes of intense exercise a week is just as good as a half-hour of moderate physical activity a day for reducing a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes — and may actually be even more effective, new research hints.

“It is possible to gain significant health benefits from … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]

Experts urge prostate cancer ‘man-o-gram’

Prostate cancer experts urged the U.S. Congress and the newly formed Obama administration to make a major research commitment to find better detection methods, including what they call a “man-o-gram.”

Their idea involves a sophisticated ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging or other method to find dangerous prostate tumors, akin to the common … [বাকিটুকু পড়ুন]