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News Hour: Smokers under 50 are eight times more likely than non-smokers of the same age to have a major heart attack, scientists said on Wednesday. The gap in risk between those who...

News Hour: Researchers Share Findings and Recommendations for ensuring 24-hour normal delivery services in Union Health and Family Welfare Centres (UHFWCs) in Bangladesh. The Population Council, an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization has released...

News Hour: The convocation ceremony and workshop on ‘Postgraduate Program on Pediatric Nutrition (PGPN)’ was held at Lé Méridian in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh on November 22. Nestlé Nutrition Institute (NNI), in...

News Hour: Tonic Let’s Move Bangladesh! challenge the first of its kind initiative by a health service provider in the country, is gaining considerable momentum in its early stages. Taking place over the course...

News Hour: The theme of World COPD For the year 2016 is “Breathe in the knowledge”. COPD or Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a progressive lung disease in which the airways of the...

News Hour: In the past 40 years, there has been a large increase in the number of people living with high blood pressure worldwide because of population growth and ageing—rising from 594 million...

Dr. Fred Hersch As with every year, since 1991, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) observe World Diabetes Day on November 14. The day marks the birth of...

News Hour: A powerful national mass media campaign to show the deadly harm of tobacco – and support the warning labels now on tobacco packs in Bangladesh – was launched today by Mr....

News Hour: Despite some progress, serious problems with medicine quality and safety persist in many low- and middle-income countries. At their most benign, poor quality medicines have no treatment effect, and at their...

News Hour: The “Awareness, Care and Treatment In Obesity Management” (ACTION) study is the first US nationwide study to investigate barriers to obesity management from the perspective of people with obesity, healthcare professionals...