Last night’s Four Corners again laid bare the fraught issue of bullying and harassment in medicine, demonstrating the service that surgeon Gabrielle McMullin did to the profession by highlighting it earlier this year. Her blunt comments that trainee Caroline Tan would have been better off giving…

Share some tips on leading a healthier life Start off healthy living with a healthy smile Visit your dentist regularly to maintain a beautiful smile and healthy gums. A dental checkup once every six months is advisable. Regular exercise keeps you trim and fit Exercises increase our metabolism rate,…

Infancy and childhood (0-9 years) Both death rates and the causes of death are similar for boys and girls during infancy and childhood. Prematurity, birth asphyxia and infections are the main causes of death during the first month of life, which is the time of life when the risk of death is the highest.…

As women get more education, autonomy, and opportunities for employment, their situation in Bangladesh is slowly improving. But far too many women are still socially and economically dependent on their husbands and families and are not equipped to make the best choices for themselves and for their children.…

Fistulas of the birth canal can be a curse for any woman. An abnormal communication or canal forms as a result of dissolution of protective tissues lying between the urinary bladder and vagina or between the rectum and vagina causing stools or urine to pass involuntarily from the vagina. Every year…

‘Girl, Interrupted’ is a film based on author Sussana Kaysen, reflection upon her stay in a mental hospital during the late 60s. It gives a lasting and specific dimension to our definition of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery. The film and discussion about people with mental illness…

Kick low back pain to the curb  Here’s the good news about acute low back pain: It usually goes away on its own, with little or no intervention. But if you’re looking for ways to ease your pain in the interim, try the following to aid in symptom relief and recovery: Rest up—but…

World-class specialised paediatric OT now in Dhaka Bangladesh’s first international-standard specialised paediatric operation theatre (OT) at the national level has been launched at the National Institute of Ophthalmology & Hospital (NIO&H) on May 27, 2015 at Agargaon in Dhaka. Director…

Fertility drug Clomiphene Clomiphene is a non-steroidal fertility medicine. It causes the pituitary gland to release hormones needed to stimulate ovulation (the release of an egg from the ovary). Clomiphene is used to cause ovulation in women with certain medical conditions (such as polycystic ovary…