Health

Europe saw a fall in alcohol consumption in the first year of the pandemic, but that decline could reverse in coming years as the economic fallout of COVID-19 takes its ...

The trial of the two doctors at a Nicosia hospital who were charged after one of their patients died and seven others suffered serious complications following a cataract surgery has ...

A 57-year-old man with terminal heart disease who made history as the first person to receive a genetically modified pig’s heart died on Tuesday afternoon at the University of ...

Private and state dentists will offer a free dental examination on Friday March 18 to mark World Oral Health Day and raise public awareness on the importance of preventive dental examinations, ...

Covid -19 can cause the brain to shrink, reduce grey matter in the regions that control emotion and memory, and damage areas that control the sense of smell, an Oxford ...

Children with diabetes will be offered the very latest devices for monitoring and administrating insulin, the health ministry announced on Thursday. As a way to show practical support to children ...

The entity charged with running Gesy has announced major changes to the way in which the healthcare system will function, such as a time limit being imposed on how often ...

Sahanika Ratnayake, Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is one of the most popular forms of talking therapy. It is the treatment of choice for depression and anxiety and is a staple ...

The number of referrals to specialist doctors by GPs has fallen significantly since Gesy was introduced, while specialists are also getting a lot less per visit, according to data submitted ...

Parents and friends of children with cerebral palsy on Wednesday denounced the decision of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to slash the number of physiotherapy sessions provided under the general ...

A large study into rare blood clots linked with AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine found between just one and three cases per million, and only after the first dose, shedding fresh ...

By Christian Yates, There cannot be many people who wouldn’t want to return to the carefree ways of 2019. To be free from the concern that you might unknowingly spread ...

As non-urgent surgeries set to resume ‘clinical picture of patients has deteriorated’ With the coming relaxations on Covid-related restrictions, non-urgent surgeries will resume as of February 28 in public and private ...

China is giving COVID-19 booster vaccines using technologies different from the initial injections, in an effort to improve immunisation strategies amid concerns that its most-used jabs appeared to be weaker ...

Gesy contributions will need to go up by 20 to 30 per cent unless procedures change Sparks flew in parliament on Thursday during a debate on the state of Gesy – the national ...

The cabinet’s approval of the national strategy plan to tackle thalassemia has been hailed by the Pancyprian Thalassaemia Association (PTA) as one of the most important developments in recent ...

Nine self-recruitment stations for bone marrow donors have been placed across Cyprus this week, making registration easier and more accessible. Karaiskakio Foundation, which has organised the largest registry per capita ...

A US patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor ...

A second post-mortem on the body of a 33-year-old mother came back inconclusive on Wednesday as a peaceful demonstration took place outside the accident and emergency department of Larnaca general ...

A new wave of infections from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is moving towards the east of Europe, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, urging authorities to improve ...

A Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) subsidiary on Monday kicked off a courtroom battle that aims to use the bankruptcy process to resolve tens of thousands of claims that the ...

Cyprus medical association (CMA) on Monday slammed the health insurance service organisation (HIO) for “shoddy planning”, reiterating they had warned about the inadequacy of the Gesy budget prior to its ...

The European Medicines Agency’s safety committee said on Friday it was reviewing reports of heavy menstrual bleeding and absence of menstruation after COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna . ...

By Laura Brown, Everyone wants to live longer. And we’re often told that the key to doing this is making healthier lifestyle choices, such as exercising, avoiding smoking and ...