Health

More than a billion people globally are now considered obese, a condition linked to an increased risk of numerous serious health problems, according to updated estimates from the World Health ...

Parliament on Thursday night unanimously approved the budgets of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) and State Health Services (Okypy). Okypy’s total budget for 2024 foresees expenditure totalling at €761.8 million, and ...

Regulations for breastfeeding need to be established by parliament soon, the House health committee urged on Thursday, following complaints that women were having their pay docked for taking breaks to ...

MPs stressed the importance of enhancing e-governance in the healthcare sector during a discussion on the national e-health authority at the House health committee on Thursday. Following the meeting, committee ...

New Zealand will repeal on Tuesday a world-first law banning tobacco sales for future generations, the government said, even while researchers and campaigners warned of the risk that people could ...

The annual budget of the state health services organisation (Okypy) will be submitted to parliament’s plenum for a vote, it emerge after an extraordinary house health committee meeting on ...

A doctor at the Nicosia general hospital earned €187,000 in overtime pay in 2022 – two-and-a-half times his regular salary – according to a report released on Monday. The Audit Office published its special ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos on Monday expressed support for International Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Awareness Day, highlighting the importance of vaccinations and screenings in preventing HPV-related diseases and cancers. Damianos also ...

Enjoying adventure and unforgettable experiences is what travel is all about. Yet, for those navigating life with diabetes, the thought of venturing far from home can bring a mix of ...

Is your loved one suffering from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS? While there is no known cure for ALS, stem cell therapy holds great promise in treating this ...

The renovation project of existing spaces and the creation of new ones at the Paphos general hospital is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2024, according to an ...

By April, the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (OSAK) hopes that some of its demands, which were reiterated in a meeting with President Nikos Christodoulides and Health Minister Michael Damianos, ...

Only two out of eight anaesthesiologists at Makarios hospital are willing to participate in abortions, it emerged on Monday, following a complaint that a woman was forced to endure for ...

The House human rights committee will discuss women’s reproductive rights this week, following a woman’s testimony on Saturday that it took five days for doctors at Makarios hospital ...

The paediatric oncology unit at the Makarios children’s hospital will be permanently staffed by educational professionals, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Friday. Michaelidou was speaking to the Pancyprian ...

Medical insurance is very important in ensuring financial stability for the bearers. It provides assistance with medical costs and access to quality healthcare. These are extremely important as they are ...

Health Minister Michael Damianos visited the Polis Chrysochous hospital on Friday morning, accompanied by the health ministry’s permanent secretary, Christina Yiannaki, to discuss the possible construction of a new ...

Some 80,000 claims for compensation of healthcare providers corresponding to €10 million were rejected by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) which operates Gesy, according to data. In addition, fines were imposed on 30 ...

Eating disorders increased by 60 per cent last year, the House health committee heard on Thursday, as MPs warned of a worrying trend. Akel MP Marina Nicolaou said very little has ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) needs better control over its budget allocation, the head of the house health committee and Disy MP Efthymios Diplaros said on Thursday, following a discussion ...

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian scientists were close to creating vaccines for cancer that could soon be available to patients. Putin said in televised comments that “we ...

The new haemodialysis unit at the Paphos general hospital started operating on Wednesday. “No problems were detected from operation testing carried out on the first day,” director of nephrology Dr ...

The European Commission has greenlighted the use of Casgevy gene-therapy to treat beta thalassemia and sickle cell disease, in a move heralded as a “milestone” for the fight against human ...

Cyprus is outperforming the European Union average on a range of metrics related to public health, despite government spending on health falling below the bloc’s average, according to the ...