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Health

Young couples from Paphos advised to get checked for rare disease before having kids

September 26th, 2018 Young couples, especially from Paphos, ought to get tested before deciding to have children to discover if they are at a high risk of having a child with the...

Tech & Science

Immunotherapy drug cuts lung cancer deaths by almost a third

September 25th, 2018 AstraZeneca's immunotherapy drug Imfinzi cut the risk of death in patients with mid-stage lung cancer by nearly a third in a closely watched clinical study,...

Tech & Science

Malaria mosquitoes wiped out in lab trials of gene drive technique

September 24th, 2018 Scientists have succeeded in wiping out a population of caged mosquitoes in laboratory experiments using a type of genetic engineering known as a gene drive,...

Health

Plant of the week: Plant long known for action against migraine

September 20th, 2018 Name: Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) Otherwise known as: Nosebleed, Midsummer Daisy Habitat: An herbaceous perennial member of the Asteraceae family...

Health

Don’t forget those who can’t remember: World Alzheimer’s Day

September 20th, 2018 On the occasion of World Alzheimer’s Day on Friday, a Dementia charity is organising a concert by singer Eleonora Zouganeli on Friday at Curium amphitheatre,...

Cyprus

Not a laughing matter: pubs selling laughing gas in Ayia Napa

September 15th, 2018 By Liam Carter Although illegal, the sale of laughing gas in popular tourist destinations is so blatant that many bars and nightclubs are actually...

Health

Regulators flag second impurity in China-made heart drug

September 14th, 2018 European and North American regulators have said they are examining a second potentially cancer-causing substance in a commonly-used blood pressure drug made...

Health

Autism centres in danger of closure, pleas to government unheeded

September 13th, 2018 By Evie Andreou The Cyprus Autistic Association on Thursday said they were on the brink of closing down their intervention centres in Nicosia, Limassol and...

Health

Plant of the week: Common moth repellent was used by nobles to repel poor

September 12th, 2018 Name: Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) Otherwise known as: Camphor Laurel Habitat: A tree member of the Lauracea growing to about 30m in tropical areas of...

Cyprus

Kidney transplant puts Cyprus on the map

September 11th, 2018 A recent successful kidney transplant on a patient with a very rare metabolic disorder puts the island on the world map for operations of this kind, Dr Vasilis...

Health

Life expectancy in Cyprus has risen by three years in a decade

September 11th, 2018 Cypriots are among the EU nationals with the longest life expectancy, according to the latest Eurostat data. Between 2007 and 2016, the life expectancy of...

Health

Cyprus will not remain unaffected by European cocaine scourge

September 11th, 2018 By Annette Chrysostomou Cyprus will not remain unaffected by the flood of cocaine to the European market and an increase in the potency of cannabis, head of...

Health

World Marrow Donor Day - 15 September 2018

September 11th, 2018 The World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA), representing 31 million donors from 55 different countries announced the celebration of World Marrow Donor Day...

Health

Sixty hepatitis cases detected in refugees last year

September 10th, 2018 During the course of 2017, Cyprus took in approximately 1,200 migrants and refugees, of which 60 tested positive for Hepatitis B and C, while two were...

Health

People buying meds in the north must sign waiver, health ministry says

September 7th, 2018 People buying medications from the north must sign a declaration assuming responsibility for their action, the health ministry said on Friday, in the wake of a...

Health

Pharma companies warns of risks to buying meds in the north

September 6th, 2018 The pharmaceutical companies association (Sfek) warned Thursday medicines sold in the north involved risks for patients, as it voiced concern over a recent...

Health

Get exercising, the Lancet tells lazy Cypriots

September 6th, 2018 Cyprus is among the ten laziest nations in the world, with 44 per cent failing to exercise enough to keep themselves healthy, a new study published by the...

Health

Plant of the week: Highly poisonous tree features strongly in folk medicine

September 5th, 2018 Name: Pangi (Pangium edule) Otherwise known as: Kembang, Kepayang Tree Habitat: A deciduous tree member of the Flacourtiaceae family, growing up to 30m...

Cyprus

Plans needed to get refugees to new medical centres

September 4th, 2018 MPs stressed on Tuesday the importance of providing appropriate transport services should medical centres currently operating in refugee estates be closed...

Health

Indian state battles 'rat fever' outbreak after worst floods in a century

September 4th, 2018 The southern Indian state of Kerala is battling an outbreak of a bacterial disease that authorities suspect has killed dozens of people since mid-August after...

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