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Doctor-reviewed health advice for everyday life in Bangladesh — disease prevention, diet, medicine safety and wellness, in English & বাংলা.

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Health TipsChronic Disease

High Blood Pressure: Control, Diet and Risks

High blood pressure is a silent killer that often has no symptoms until it causes a stroke or heart attack. Learn how salt reduction, lifestyle changes and taking daily medicine keep your pressure and your heart safe.

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Health TipsMental Health

Depression and Anxiety: How to Recognise Them and Where to Get Help

Depression and anxiety are illnesses, not weakness — yet stigma keeps most Bangladeshis from help. Learn the warning signs, what self-care helps, how psychiatrists and psychologists treat them, and when to act urgently.

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Health TipsChronic Disease

COPD: Breathing Disease, Causes and Daily Care

COPD is a long-term lung disease driven by smoking and cooking smoke that causes a stubborn cough and breathlessness. Learn the warning signs, inhaler use, flare-up dangers and how quitting smoke slows it.

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Health TipsChronic Disease

Gastric and Acidity: Causes, Relief and Diet Tips

Gastric and acidity are everyday complaints in Bangladesh. Learn the trigger foods, how to use antacids safely, why constant gas may signal something serious, and simple lifestyle relief without overusing PPIs.

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Health TipsChronic Disease

Gallstones: Symptoms, Diet and When Surgery Helps

Gallstones often cause sharp pain in the upper-right belly after fatty meals. Learn who is at risk, the warning signs, diet adjustments, dangerous complications and when surgery becomes necessary.

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Health TipsMedicine Safety

Taking Your Medicines the Right Way During Ramadan

Fasting changes when you can take tablets, but stopping long-term medicine on your own is dangerous. Learn how to re-time blood pressure, diabetes and other daily medicines, why antibiotic courses must be finished, and which medicines do not break the fast.

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NutritionChronic Disease

Gout and High Uric Acid: Symptoms and Diet

Gout causes sudden, severe big-toe pain when high uric acid forms crystals in a joint. Learn the warning signs, high-purine foods to limit, the role of water and long-term medicine, and how to prevent attacks.

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Health TipsMental Health

Can't Sleep? 10 Sleep Hygiene Rules That Actually Work

Struggling to fall asleep night after night? These ten doctor-approved sleep hygiene rules — fixed wake times, phone-free beds, caffeine cut-offs and more — can reset your body clock without sleeping pills.

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Health TipsChronic Disease

Peptic Ulcer: Stomach Pain, H. pylori and Care

Burning stomach pain is often blamed on spicy food, but a tiny bacterium called H. pylori or painkiller overuse is usually the real cause. Learn the warning signs, why a simple test beats lifelong antacids, and when bleeding becomes an emergency.

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Health TipsChronic Disease

Acid Reflux (GERD): Heartburn Causes and Control

GERD causes burning chest pain and acid rising into the throat when stomach acid flows back up. Learn the triggers, sleeping and weight tips, safe treatment, and when long-standing reflux risks the food pipe.

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