Thousands of cases of system abuse of Gesy have been investigated
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Tuesday said he has given instructions for tackling abuse of Gesy by doctors after 34,000 suspicious cases have reportedly been...
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London doctor awarded for helping Syria’s ‘burnt-out heroes’ in hell
When a children’s hospital in Aleppo was decimated in 2016 after multiple bombings, British-Syrian doctor Rola Hallam decided to turn her grief into action. Within...
Flu vaccination programme begins on Friday, 10,000 shots in stock, more to come
The health ministry received 10,000 flu vaccines on Monday, and another batch of 10,000 will be delivered by the end of this month, it said....
Stress-free eating out
If you are trying to lose weight there is no need to avoid eating out says nutritionist Kristian Grey. Just make a sensible choice I...
Unions turning Gesy into a ‘theatre of the absurd’ minister says
HEALTH Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Thursday had a go at the attitudes of certain parties within the national health scheme Gesy, saying some of the...
Plant of the week: Plant used by herbalists for IBS and aromatherapists for stress
Name: Labdanum (Cistus ladanifer) Otherwise known as: Rock Rose, Cistus Creticus, Ladanum Habitat: An evergreen shrub member of the Cistaceae family growing up to 2.5m...
Singapore to ban sugary drink ads in fight against diabetes
Singapore will ban advertisements of certain fizzy drinks and juices, its health ministry said on Thursday, part of a raft of measures to curb consumption...
Cyprus has second lowest number of psychiatric hospital beds in EU
Cyprus has the second lowest number of psychiatric hospital beds among EU member states, just 21 per 100,000 inhabitants, Eurostat reported on Wednesday on the...
Suicide rate stable but doctors call for national strategy
More than 400 people in Cyprus have committed suicide over the past decade, the Cyprus Psychologists’ Association (Cypsa) said on Wednesday. Suicide Prevention is this...
Annual fundraiser for cancer support charity
Cancer support charity Pasykaf launched an islandwide fundraising campaign, Together in Life, on Wednesday to provide financial support for the cancer charity. The 28th campaign...
Cyprus eyes Egypt as promising market for local pharmaceuticals
A meeting at the level of technical committees in the field of pharmaceutical cooperation, the first of its kind, took place between Cyprus and Egypt,...
Paralysed man hails ‘feat’ of walking again with robot exoskeleton
The French tetraplegic man who has been able to walk again using a pioneering four-limb robotic system, or exoskeleton, said walking was a major feat...
Woman dies in north from West Nile virus
A 37-year-old woman has died from the West Nile virus in the north following two other deaths since July. The woman was admitted to hospital...
Doctors who deciphered body’s response to oxygen win Nobel Medicine Prize
Two Americans and a Briton won the 2019 Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for discovering a molecular switch that regulates how cells adapt to fluctuating oxygen levels,...
The man bringing vital emergency first aid to Polis village
When 67-year-old Justen Karlsson realised that it can take up to 25 minutes for an ambulance to reach a sick or injured person in Lysos, the...
Minister says more drugs to be added to Gesy list
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou announced on Saturday that a new list is being compiled to include more drugs on the national health scheme Gesy mainly...
Two hour work stoppage at Paphos A&E on Friday evening
Doctors at Paphos hospital accident and emergency department will hold a two-hour work stoppage on Friday evening over the lack of staff and unfair contracts....
Confused about your skin cancer risk?
By Liz Connor Moles. We all know we need to keep an eye on them, but with so much misinformation floating around on the internet,...
Paralysed man walks again with brain-controlled exoskeleton
A man paralysed from the shoulders down has been able to walk using a pioneering four-limb robotic system, or exoskeleton, that is commanded and controlled...
Plant of the week: Plant with list of uses under scrutiny from pharmaceutical industry
Name: Lapacho (Tabebuia avellanedae) Otherwise known as: Pau d’arco Habitat: A deciduous tree member of the Bignoniaceae family native to South America and growing to...
