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Memorandum to ensure healthy sanitation system

A memorandum of understanding has been signed today ( 26-08-2014) among Dhaka North City Corporation, Dhaka South City Corporation, Dhaka WASA and WaterAid Bangladesh for construction, renovation as well as development of workable management models of public toilets in Dhaka city. 1In the modest ceremony held in the conference room of Local Government Division (LGD) at Bangladesh Secretariat Mr Monjur Hossain, Senior Secretary, LGD expressed his confidence from this collaboration - ‘a fully functional public sanitation system in the city, especially for the...

Ebola ‘an international emergency’: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of Ebola in West Africa an international health emergency. WHO officials said the possible consequences were “particularly serious” because of the virulence of the virus. The announcement came after experts convened a two-day emergency meeting in Switzerland, BBC Online. Handout of a health worker, wearing personal protection gear, offering water to a woman infected with Ebola virus desease at a treatment centre in Kenema Government Hospital in KenemaSo far more than 930 people have d...

A garlic a day for good health

Add a couple of cloves of garlic to your diet to boost your immunity raoGarlic with its antiviral and antibacterial properties helps boost your immunity and keeps you looking fresh and healthy. While in some cases garlic supplements are available and prescribed as a preventive measure for common cold, it’s actually very easy to incorporate a few cloves of garlic in our daily meals. Here’s how you can consume garlic without having to deal with that awful breadth. Add it to your soup: Soup itself is a very good decongestant and helps warm up the body. ...

A little video gaming ‘linked to well-adjusted children’

123489Playing video games for a short period each day could have a small but positive impact on child development, a study by Oxford University suggests. Scientists found young people who spent less than an hour a day engaged in video games were better adjusted than those who did not play at all. But children who used consoles for more than three hours reported lower satisfaction with their lives overall. The research is published in the journal Pediatrics. Experimental psychologist Dr Andrew Przybylski analysed British surveys involving ...

FDA approves Boehringer’s once-a-day inhaler drug

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new long-acting inhaler drug from Boehringer Ingelheim to treat people with chronic lung disease. drugThe agency approved Striverdi Respimat for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which causes bronchitis and emphysema and affects about 24 million people in the U.S. The disease, which is most often caused by smoking, is the third leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the National Institutes of Health. The FDA approved the drug on Thursday based on a study in 3,104 patients which showed i...

Fruit and veg: More than five-a-day ‘no effect’

New research backs the five-a-day target for fruit and vegetables, but suggests eating more may have no added benefits. An analysis of 16 worldwide studies suggested that for every portion of fruit and vegetables consumed, there was a lower risk of premature death. But after five portions a day, there was no further impact, researchers report in The BMJ. There have been calls to up the quota to seven-a-day, to prolong lives , reports BBC. frutsCurrent NHS guidance is to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Most people m...
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