Inside Bangladesh’s suicide prevention crisis, where listening can sometimes mean the difference between life and death

Pregnancy diabetes may disappear after childbirth, but its shadow can stretch far into a woman’s future.

A cancer diagnosis rarely affects one person alone. It enters a home, sits beside relatives and follows families long after the hospital appointment ends.

Gen Z knows what healthy eating looks like. Their feeds are packed with protein bowls, “clean eating” tips and warnings about processed food.

A hospital bed may be where illness is treated, but the battle for health can begin much earlier; at the dinner table.

A cigarette may be burning in the hand, but some of its damage can unfold far from the lungs; in the liver.

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In Bangladesh, any discomfort between the chest and stomach is labelled “gastric”. A burning sensation after a heavy meal may indeed be indigestion. But antacids can sometimes silence an important warning.

Research due to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Milan estimates that 12.1 million people could be living with type 1 diabetes worldwide by 2049, up from 9.4 million in 2025. That means around 2.7 million additional people — a 29 per cent rise.

Couples preparing for pregnancy may change their diet, track fertile days and take vitamins.

Imagine visiting a doctor feeling lonely, anxious or stuck, and leaving not with a packet of pills but with an invitation to join a walking group, paint, plant vegetables or volunteer.

Every September 8, World Physiotherapy Day reminds us of something surprisingly simple: movement can be medicine.