HealthA George Institute modelling study in Nature Health estimates that replacing all salt with potassium-enriched salt across 193 countries would prevent 2.96 million deaths and 10.17 million heart and kidney disease cases a year.
HealthAbout 283,800 people died of heart disease in Bangladesh in 2024, 52% of them because of high blood pressure, yet only 4.2% of the health budget goes to non-communicable diseases, a Dhaka workshop heard.
HealthIn a small study of 14 patients whose high blood pressure came from adrenal nodules, blood pressure stayed below earlier levels for up to two years after they stopped baxdrostat. Researchers say it is too early to call it a cure.
CookingHyderabad cancer surgeon Dr. Arjun Sankaran says what matters is iodine, not colour; rock, black and Celtic salts carry only trace minerals, and total salt from all foods should stay under a teaspoon a day.
HealthResearchers at the University of Chittagong analysed 222 people and found variants in three genes associated with hypertension; the study is published in Elsevier's journal Gene Reports.
Health29 October is World Stroke Day, this year on the theme 'Every minute counts'. A national survey found 11.39 stroke cases per 1,000 people in Bangladesh, and a neurologist urges families to get patients to hospital at the first signs.
HealthA PROGGA workshop heard that 570,263 people die of non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh each year, about 71 per cent of all deaths, while only 4.2 per cent of the health budget goes to controlling them.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) often shows no symptoms early on; diabetes and high blood pressure are its main causes, and nephrologist Dr Shawkat Azad advises people at risk to have creatinine, eGFR and urine albumin tests.
HealthAbout 283,800 people die of heart disease and related causes in Bangladesh every year, says Dr Md Matiur Rahman, head of TMSS's health sector, and regular checks of blood pressure, sugar, weight and cholesterol are the key to prevention.
HealthWait at least 30 minutes after tea, coffee, exercise, meals or smoking, take three readings and average them, keep the cuff level with the heart and snug enough for two fingers, advises AIIMS Delhi's Dr Priyanka Sehrawat.
Yale cardiologist Dr Joyce Oen-Hsiao says systolic pressure rose with strong antibacterial mouthwash used twice a day or more, but once-a-day use is no cause for worry.
HealthAt a World Heart Day seminar of the National Heart Foundation, experts called for quick rules under the Tobacco Control Act 2026, budget for managing high blood pressure and diabetes in primary care, and cutting salt in food in line with WHO advice.
Every one of 446 upazila health complexes is short of at least one of the five government-supplied drugs at its NCD corner; funding has stopped and a Tk 100 crore request has gone unmet for six and a half months.
