The World Health Organisation launched on Tuesday a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates.
The World Health Organization on Tuesday launched a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates.
Air pollution is fuelling a rise in the commonest form of lung cancer among non-smokers, hitting women and people in southeast Asia particularly hard, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Cancer is responsible for 11.9 per cent of total annual deaths in the country, a study by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University revealed on Saturday.
Speakers at a seminar stressed creating awareness at grassroots levels to substantially reduce the death rate of women with breast cancer in the country...
Britain鈥檚 head of state King Charles III turns 76 on Thursday, still in the grip of cancer treatment but with his passion for work undimmed by what his son and heir Prince William called a 鈥榖rutal鈥� year...
Praava Health has recently hosted the 鈥楶ink Together鈥� event aimed at raising awareness about breast cancer at Banani in Dhaka.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University vice-chancellor Professor Md Sayedur Rahman at a roundtable in Dhaka said that cancer medicine should be provided free of charge from hospitals as...
The founder and chief coordinator of the Bangladesh Breast Cancer Awareness Forum, professor Habibullah Talukder Ruskin, was awarded the title of 鈥楶ink Man鈥� on Saturday.
Two recent researches found alarming levels of harmful heavy metals such as lead, chromium, and cadmium, which poses significant health risks, including cancer, in common vegetables, along with pesticide residues in various fruits in Bangladesh...
A breast cancer awareness programme was held on Saturday bringing together healthcare professionals, survivors and the female entrepreneur community to spread awareness...
Emranul Huq, managing director and CEO of Dhaka Bank, passed away on Sunday at a hospital in Kolkata after fighting against cancer. He was 61...
The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University at a seminar on Tuesday revealed a population-based cancer registry data for the first time to inform the cancer situation in the country...
A Pfizer lung cancer drug has been shown to greatly reduce tumor progression and improve survival outcomes for people in the advanced stages of a rare form of the disease, according to trial results published on Friday...
Public health activists and physicians at a conference on Friday urged the government to create a special fund for cancer prevention and treatment to help poor people to fight the disease...
THIS is disparaging that Bangladesh authorities are in the dark about the presence of carcinogenic elements in spices of two Indian brands that are sold on the market, especially on e-commerce sites. Food regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore have...
Bangladesh authorities are yet to take any steps regarding the use of spices from two Indian brands that were recalled by food regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore after presence of cancer-causing ingredients were found in them...
Popular actor Waliul Haq Rumi died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka in the wee hours of Monday. He was 60...
French-Canadian scientist Michel Sadelain was awarded an 鈥極scars of Science鈥� prize in Los Angeles on Saturday for his research into genetically modifying immune cells to fight cancer.