Day: April 7, 2018

Consequences of drug and substance abuse in Bangladesh

Rafiq Ul Alam

Consequences of drug and substance abuse in Bangladesh [Dr. Iftekhar Alam Siddiqui Shovon] Bangladesh with a population of 166 million is a potential emerging economies among other developing countries. We enjoyed development and advancements in many sectors but with that also comes the adversity of drug abuse that is increasing in an alarming rate.  In this country, this agent of human devastation has spread its tentacles to every possible corner. The inclination of drug consumption is higher in youth and teenagers, their age spinning between 15 and 30 years. This…

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High medical expenditure makes people helpless

Rafiq Ul Alam

High medical expenditure makes people helpless Reza Mahmud High expenditures are making treatment unaffordable to the country’s majority of people in Bangladesh. Unnecessary pathological and other test requirements, unbearable price of medicines and absence of referral system are source of the reasons compelling the people to spend unlimited amount of money for treatment. Most people are losing everything for treatment. “My 13 years old daughter is sufferings from severe stomach pain for long. We have been compelled to change her doctors for several times from our home village of Barisal…

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Restless sleep predict Parkinson’s disease?

Rafiq Ul Alam

Restless sleep predict Parkinson’s disease? Tim Newman Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder is associated with an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. For the first time, researchers demonstrate that inflammation may play a key role. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is linked with vivid and often frightening dreams combined with nocturnal motor activity. In other words, people with the condition act out their dreams. Dreaming occurs during REM sleep. In this sleep phase, our bodies are effectively paralyzed and our muscles remain relaxed; this prevents us…

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Early intervention service cuts suicide rate in schizophrenia

Rafiq Ul Alam

Early intervention service cuts suicide rate in schizophrenia [Sastha Bangla Desk] Early intervention (EI) services seem to improve the suicide rate for patients with first-episode schizophrenia-spectrum (FES) disorders, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry (a monthly, peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association) Sherry Kit Wa Chan, M.R.C.Pysch., from the University of Hong Kong, and colleagues examined the correlation of a two-year EI service with suicide reduction in patients with FES disorders. A total of 617 consecutive patients with FES who received the two-year EI service between…

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Exercise before pregnancy

Rafiq Ul Alam

Exercise before pregnancy [Sastha Bangla Life Style Desk] Expectant mothers who are more fit before pregnancy are at lower risk of developing gestational diabetes, a study suggests. Gestational diabetes is a condition in which women develop diabetes during the last half of pregnancy. Women with gestational diabetes are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes after giving birth. “Women are very careful during pregnancy with what they eat and the exercise they get. But the study shows women should engage in these healthy behaviours before they get pregnant as well,”…

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Heart disease patients live longer in exercise

Rafiq Ul Alam

Heart disease patients live longer in exercise [ Sastha Bangla Desk ] Researchers examined three decades of data on 3,307 adults who had been diagnosed with coronary heart disease after a heart attack or an episode of severe chest pain, known as angina, caused by inadequate blood supply to the heart. By the time half of the patients had been in the study for at least 15 years, 1,493 of them had died. Compared to people who were inactive, participants who consistently got the minimum recommended amount of exercise for…

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e-cigarettes may still damage lungs, Even without nicotine

Rafiq Ul Alam

e-cigarettes may still damage lungs , Even without nicotine [ Sastha Bangla Desk ] E-cigarette liquids sweetened with flavourings like vanilla and cinnamon may harm the lungs even when they don’t contain nicotine, a US study suggests. Researchers examined what happened to monocytes, a type of white blood cell, upon exposure to flavouring chemicals used in popular e-cigarette liquids. None of the liquids contained nicotine, but the flavouring chemicals still appeared to increase biomarkers for inflammation and tissue damage, and many of them also caused cells to die. Over time,…

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