Despite the advent of expensive robotic surgery, laparoscopic and minimally invasive procedures done without opening the abdomen are highly popular in urological treatment. The government has undertaken a plan to deliver these advanced, affordable services to people’s doorsteps across the co
For months, during my daily commute, a modest signboard reading BRAC Healthcare at Siddheswari kept catching my eye. I paid little attention at first, assuming it was just another pharmacy — one more addition to Dhaka’s crowded streetscape of drugstores and clinics. Curiosity, however,
Drugmakers plan to raise US prices on at least 350 branded medications including vaccines against COVID, RSV and shingles and blockbuster cancer treatment Ibrance, even as the Trump administration pressures them for cuts, according to data provided exclusively by healthcare research firm 3 Axis Adv
A team of Chinese researchers has recently developed a model to predict the aging of 13 human organs, including the brain, enabling precise assessment of organ aging levels, the China Science Daily reported on Monday. Previous research focused mainly on the common features of overall aging or expl
The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), in collaboration with SAJIDA Foundation and Harpic, on Sunday launched Shasthya Nirapotta Scheme (SNS), a health insurance policy, for its sanitation workers, aiming to improve their access to healthcare services. Under the scheme, sanitation workers will b
The present poor air quality and unabated pollution continue to cause various diseases and breathing difficulties among people. As a result, an increasing number of patients are getting admitted to hospitals. The air continues to remain unhealthy or severely unhealthy in the city, forcing residents
Singapore will raise the upper age limit for first-time blood donors to 65 from 60, effective Jan. 2 next year, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said. Under the new rules, first-time donors will be allowed to give blood up to one day before their 66th birthday, while repeat donors may continue
An unchecked influx of people into Dhaka from insufficiently served countryside demographically elevates the Bangladesh capital to world's second-densely-populated city but downgrades its basic civic services - healthcare, in particular, left in disarray. According to a recent UN report, Dhaka is
More than 500 underprivileged and needy people received free medical consultation and healthcare services at a daylong medical camp organised by Emadia Foundation in Syedpur of Nilphamari district on Sunday. The camp was held at Hatikhana Khanqah-e-Emadia in Syedpur, where patients were provided w
Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum has urged medical professionals to draw a firm line between their political affiliations and their duties, warning that hospitals must never become extensions of party activity. Addressing physicians, nurses and staff at Chattogram Medical College Hospital on Friday a
