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Obesity greatest risk factor for young adults with COVID-19
Agence France-Presse. Washington | Updated at 09:49am on September 10, 2020
Young adults with underlying conditions such as morbid obesity, diabetes and hypertension are at the highest risk of being placed on a ventilator or dying...
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Over 75pc people with mental disorders get no treatment: WHO
United News of Bangladesh .Dhaka | Updated at 01:15pm on August 28, 2020
More than 75 per cent of people with mental, neurological and substance use disorders receive no treatment for their condition at all in low- and...
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COVID-19 threatens nutrition of Bangladeshis: FAO
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:08am on August 25, 2020
The nutritional status of Bangladeshis has been threatened by COVID-19 as it has brought poverty to most of them, experts from the Food and Agriculture...
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Stem cell treatment offers new hope for diabetics
Agence France-Presse. Tokyo | Updated at 12:06pm on August 20, 2020
A new technique that grows insulin-producing cells and can protect them from immune attack after they are transplanted may offer new hope for treating some...
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Unintended pregnancies surge amid COVID-19
Associated Press/UNB. New Delhi | Updated at 02:33pm on August 19, 2020
Millions of women and girls have been facing unintended pregnancies worldwide due to lack of access to contraceptives and abortion services because of the coronavirus...
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Maleque for ensuring healthcare services smoothly amid COVID-19 pandemic
Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha. Dhaka | Updated at 12:19pm on July 12, 2020
Health and family welfare minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said healthcare service providing organisations must extend treatment facilities to the people, who are suffering from...
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European Commission approves use of remdesivir to treat COVID-19
Agence France-Presse . Brussels, Belgium | Updated at 11:54am on July 05, 2020
The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, on Friday authorised the use of anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat the new coronavirus...
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Research says tea habit can help ensure sound heart
United News of Bangladesh. Dhaka | Updated at 09:36am on June 24, 2020
A recent study claims to have found that the habit of taking tea has significant impact in reducing the risk of heart attack or other...
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China grants market access to local drug for cancer treatment
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha / Xinhua . Beijing | Updated at 12:44pm on June 07, 2020
China has granted market access to a self-developed cancer drug, according to the National Medical Products Administration on Saturday...
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Common Health to provide free telemedicine service to RMG workers
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 09:45pm on May 09, 2020
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association and Common Health Bangladesh have signed an agreement to provide free telemedicine service to one lakh garment workers...
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