Health

Changes to the way personal doctors are paid, the introduction of new quality criteria and the number of patients each doctor can register came under scrutiny in parliament on Thursday, ...

India is moving closer to new regulations to restrict the sale of foods high in fat and sugar within a 50-metre radius of schools, the latest proposal to cut the ...

Over 205,400 bone marrow donors are currently registered with the Karaiskakio Foundation, which has to date offered more than 1,000 transplants to patients in 36 countries, the foundation said on Monday to mark ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides said on Friday that overseas healthcare complements rather than replaces the general health system (Gesy). Speaking at the event on patients’ rights and overseas healthcare, Charalambides ...

The need to ensure safety at every stage of care and make it a constant priority across the health system was highlighted by the Cyprus patients’ federation (Osak) on World ...

MPs on Thursday demanded that the state pay up front for travel and accommodation expenses incurred by families where a person receives medical treatment abroad. The matter of overseas patient ...

The health ministry on Thursday began mapping medical centres performing high-risk treatments, as instructed by Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides earlier this week. The ministry said the scope of the mapping ...

One person has died and 14 cases of West Nile virus have been recorded in Cyprus so far this year, as Nicosia municipality continues daily mosquito-control operations across the capital. According ...

The new paediatric surgery department at Makarios hospital has been completed, according to the state health services (Okypy) on Thursday. Ongoing works include improvements to the neonatal intensive care unit, ...

The U.S. Senate health committee’s Republican chairman on Wednesday blamed the approach toward vaccines taken by President Donald Trump’s administration for recent measles deaths in Pennsylvania and ...

Specialty medications, the high-cost therapies that demand special handling, monitoring, or administration training, now claim at least half of U.S. pharmaceutical spending while treating fewer than 5% of patients. That ...

Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides called on men to seek medical advice on prostate cancer screening. Speaking at the Europa Uomo event marking European prostate cancer awareness day on Tuesday, Charalambides ...

Vaccine hesitancy in rich countries means ending measles as a global public health threat is not currently possible, Bill Gates told Reuters in an interview. The Microsoft co-founder turned billionaire ...

Police said on Friday there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges over a complaint regarding a patient hospitalised after a medical treatment. Police confirmed they received a letter from ...

Haematologist Sotiris Koumas on Thursday warned against the use of plasmapheresis outside established therapeutic settings, saying the procedure can cause complications ranging from mild to serious and should only be ...

People who “should not be hospitalised in psychiatric hospitals” are currently inpatients at the Athalassa psychiatric hospital, House health committee chairwoman Savia Orphanidou said on Thursday. Addressing the day’s ...

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The House health committee pressed for expedited action on staffing and oncology services at Limassol general hospital during a visit on Thursday. Committee chair Savia Orphanidou said four specialties required ...

Six people have so far been infected with West Nile virus in Cyprus, while another two suspected cases are under investigation, the health ministry told the Cyprus Mail on Thursday. “...

For now, gastric cancer is a group of diseases and thus is being treated as such. Thus, for some patients with gastric cancer, information about biomarkers is taken into account ...

The health insurance organisation on Thursday moved to defend itself from criticism after a four-year-old boy died of meningitis, with his family claiming that he had not been diagnosed in ...

Moving to a metro city can change more than your address, commute and monthly budget. It can also alter the type of healthcare you may need and the amount you ...

The cabinet has approved a national strategy for multiple sclerosis, Health Minister Neophytos Charalambides announced on Tuesday. Speaking at the presidential palace following the morning cabinet meeting, Charalambides described the ...

A 74-year-old man has tested positive for West Nile virus and is being treated in the ICU at Nicosia general hospital, the health ministry confirmed on Thursday. Speaking to the ...