Few patients cry at the obvious stuff – a cancer diagnosis or an unexpected recurrence. Instead, tears flow from frustration and simple acts of…

Interest in sexuality, domestic violence, and gender inequities in South Asia has surged over the past 15 years, partly due to several high- profile cases…

Dilation and Curettage (D&C) is a minor surgical procedure used to removed tissue from the uterus. The uterus is the organ at the top of the vagina. Babies develop in the uterus, and menstrual blood comes from the uteraus. Dilation is performed to open and widen the cervix (entrance to the uterus).…

Md. Jakaria Pharmacy is a branch of health science and the pharmacists are the people who are involved in the invention of new drugs, development of the existing one, serve the community with latest information regarding drug and also take part in planning and monitoring the treatment programme along…

Up to what age can a baby stay well nourished by just being breastfed? Infants should be exclusively breastfed – i.e. receive only breast milk –…

This World Breastfeeding Week, WABA calls for concerted global action to support women to combine breastfeeding and work. Whether a woman is working in…

Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival. If every child was breastfed within an hour of birth, given only…

Beyond the usual reasons, why shouldn’t I smoke if I have diabetes? Smoking is now proven to be an independent risk factor for diabetes, and amongst…

For this years’ WBW WABA is calling for concerted global action to support women to combine breastfeeding and work. Whether a woman is working in the formal, non-formal or home setting, it is necessary that she is empowered in claiming her and her baby’s right to breastfeed. Between 1-7…

A double-dose, low-cost oral cholera vaccine administered through routine government health services can substantially reduce hospitalisation and deaths from cholera in densely populated urban settings, finds a new study by icddr,b and published in The Lancet. While oral cholera vaccines were previously…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Technivie (ombitasvir, paritaprevir and ritonavir) for use in combination with ribavirin for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 4 infections in patients without scarring and poor liver function (cirrhosis). Technivie in combination…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Praluent (alirocumab) injection, the first cholesterol-lowering treatment approved in a new class…

Dr Wrishi Raphael Mrs. Rashid came to the office of their family physician with her 2 year old boy Saquib for regular checkup. As is the case for most…