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News Hour: People with chronic opioid use disorders are more likely to relapse and do so sooner if they are treated in a compulsory drug detentioncentre rather than a voluntary drug treatment centre...

News Hour: A new drug for spinal muscular atrophy has shown promising early results in a phase 2 trial involving 20 babies with infantile-onset spinal muscular atrophy. The study, published in The Lancet,...

News Hour: Global spending on prescription medicines will reach nearly $1.5 trillion by 2021, although the annual rate of growth will decrease from recent years, according to a forecast by Quintiles IMS Holding...

News Hour: Amputees who played computer games using a virtual, on-screen arm, experienced relief from the phantom pain that often afflicts people who have lost a limb, scientists said on Friday. Fourteen amputees...

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...