Healthy living may help offset genetic risk of dementia -study
LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) – Living healthily with a good diet and regular exercise may help people with a higher genetic susceptibility to dementia to offset
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Gesy, a good choice for young doctors
Despite the red tape, Gesy is an easier career option for newly qualified doctors than the old system was By Annette Chrysostomou Like the
Think fast: newer doesn’t mean better
Nutritionist KRISTIAN GRAY suggests the best way to lose weight is to follow the example of our ancestors Whenever you read a newspaper or open
State health services advertise for more doctors
The state health services (Okypy) on Friday announced 35 new vacancies for doctors of various specialisations to work at state hospitals after a strike earlier
Study finds possible link between sugary drinks and cancer
By Kate Kelland LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) – People who drink a lot of sugary drinks have a higher risk of developing cancer, although the
Private doctors propose changes to improve Gesy
The Private Doctors’ Association (EIK) proposed a set of changes to Gesy on Wednesday, following complaints that public finances were being squandered to pay GPs,
As Chinese mountains get hotter hunt for ‘cure-all’ fungus gets harder
By Ryan Woo For Ma Junxiao, an ethnic Hui Muslim farmer from remote western China, the daily climb up sheer mountain slopes to look for
Drug shortages continue to dog Gesy
Five weeks into Gesy, the pharmaceutical association said drug shortages continue to persist in pharmacies mainly due to shortcomings of the Gesy software, which the
Plant of the week: One of the most versatile herbal medicines
Name: Plantain (Plantago major) Otherwise known as: Ripple grass, Waybread Habitat: A perennial member of Plantaginaceae family found in pastureland in Europe and Asia. It
A&E doctors strike over staff shortages (updated)
Members of state doctors union Pasyki staged a 24-hour strike at A&E departments island-wide on Tuesday over acute understaffing issues which they say put patients
A&E doctors to go ahead with strike (updated)
State doctors’ union Pasyki will go ahead with a scheduled 24-hour strike in hospital accident and emergency departments (A&Es) on Tuesday, it announced on Monday.
A&E doctors to decide on strike action on Monday
State doctors’ union Pasyki said it would decide on Monday whether to proceed with Tuesday’s planned 24-hour strike at accident and emergency departments (A&Es) over
State doctors say A&E strike still going ahead but they’ll enter dialogue in the meantime
State doctors’ union Pasyki, said on Friday its members who work in accident and emergency departments (A&Es) would go on a 24-hour strike on July
Plant of the Week: Plant has long history of treating heart
Name: Yellow Pheasant’s Eye (Adonis vernalis) Otherwise known as: Spring Adonis Habitat: A perennial member of the Ranunculaceae family, growing to about 20cm in lime-rich
Over 130,000 GP visits, 30,000 at specialists in first month of Gesy
Since Gesy kicked off on June 1, there have been 130,584 visits to GPs, 30,254 to specialists and 87,618 prescriptions have been issued out of
Striking staff at Limassol hospital go back to work (Updated)
Around 150 hourly-paid workers at the Limassol general hospital went on strike Thursday morning citing acute understaffing issues but eventually went back to work after
Obese people now outnumber smokers by two to one – Cancer Research UK
Obese people now outnumber smokers by two to one, Cancer Research UK has warned, as it said obesity causes more cases of some cancers than cigarettes. Just
Gesy ‘doing well’ one month on, says minister
Gesy is doing well and problems are being ironed out, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Monday, one month after the national health scheme was
Kidney patients demand new renal unit in Paphos hospital protest
A protest to highlight ongoing serious problems being faced at the renal unit at Paphos hospital and delays to the proposed construction of a new
Pensioners say they shouldn’t pay private health insurance for foreign workers
Pensioners should not have to pay separate health insurance for their foreign domestic helpers as they are now covered by Gesy, the pensioners committee branch