England women switch to blue shorts after period concerns
The England women’s team will swap their white shorts for blue, the Football Association (FA) said on Monday, after players voiced concerns about playing in white on their period.
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Health minister vows to strengthen A&E department at Paphos hospital
Two more doctors are expected to be hired at the understaffed Paphos general hospital’s accidents and emergency department, Health Minister Popi Kanari said on Friday.
“The hospital has several ...
GSK licenses companies to make cheap copies of HIV prevention drug
British drugmaker GSK (GSK.L) has signed deals with three companies allowing them to make inexpensive generic versions of its long-acting HIV preventive medicine for use in lower-income countries, where ...
WHO revises COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for Omicron-era
The World Health Organization has tailored its COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for a new phase of the pandemic, suggesting that healthy children and adolescents may not necessarily need a shot but ...
WHO to consider adding obesity drugs to ‘essential’ medicines list
Drugs that combat obesity could for the first time be included on the World Health Organization’s “essential medicines list,” used to guide government purchasing decisions in low- and middle-income ...
Students create application promoting healthy eating
Local students created Enmeal, an innovative application promoting healthy eating with personalised meal plans and recipes aiming to improve quality of life.
Heritage private school students created the application in ...
Patients to have say in amounts of hospital funding
Patient surveys at hospitals will be used to evaluate how much funding each one will receive from the national health scheme (Gesy) at the end of the year, the health ...
US FDA to soon decide on second round of Omicron-tailored boosters – WSJ
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is close to making a decision on authorization of a second dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters for high-risk people, the Wall Street ...
Chinese COVID data from animal market gives clues on origins
Data from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, briefly uploaded to a global database by Chinese scientists, gives crucial information on the outbreak’s origins, including of an animal ...
‘Not intimidated by Okypy’ says gerontologist who posted naked patient photo
No action can be taken on the patient privacy violation complaint filed by state health services organisation (Okypy) over the photo of the patient left unclothed at Limassol general hospital, ...
A&E resources strained by wrongly referred incidents, health minister finds
Better organisation, staffing and expansion of A&E departments will be discussed in the coming weeks with the state health services organisation (Okypy), Health Minister Popi Kanari announced late ...
Streamlining ambulance services on hold – for over 20 years
Latest version of bill on ambulances gathering dust since 2019
Despite promises, the long-awaited bill regulating the ambulance services has been delayed again, three years after it was submitted to parliament.
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‘Strengthening of Gesy highest priority for new government’
Health Minister Popi Kanari has said the new government’s highest priority is the strengthening of the national health system Gesy, which has been dogged by negative publicity over the ...
Judge ends hearing on banning abortion pill in US; no ruling made
A U.S. judge in Texas on Wednesday heard more than four hours of arguments over a request by anti-abortion groups to ban sales of the abortion pill mifepristone across ...
Free dental checks on March 20
Free dental checks will be available across all districts’ general hospitals on March 20 as the health ministry seeks to raise awareness of oral hygiene.
Free oral hygiene checks will also ...
Up to 100,000 in Cyprus suffering from long Covid
Between 60,000 and 100,000 people in Cyprus are estimated to be suffering from long Covid-19, the federation of patients’ associations (Osak) said on Wednesday as it announced the publication of manuals to ...
New advice on Covid-19 vaccinations
The health ministry on Wednesday issued new advice on booster vaccinations against Covid-19 for adults.
The health ministry’s national advisory committee on vaccination recommended the use of VidPrevtyn Beta ...
Haemodialysis staff shortage to be plugged by doctors from other hospitals
Nephrologists from public hospitals across Cyprus will be brought in to staff Famagusta general hospital’s hemodialysis unit starting Wednesday, state health services organisation Okypy said on Tuesday.
Okypy’s ...
Pfizer looks past COVID with $43 bln deal for cancer drug innovator Seagen
Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) struck a $43 billion deal for Seagen Inc (SGEN.O) to add innovative targeted therapies to its portfolio of cancer treatments as it braces for a steep ...
HIO monitoring shortage of ICU beds as pressure on health services mounts
The health insurance organisation (HIO), it emerged on Tuesday, has instructed all hospitals to cut down on surgeries requiring intensive care unit (ICU) stays.
The organisation stated that ICU bed ...
HIO dispels generic drugs myths
Generic medications save consumers millions of euros but yet in Cyprus, beneficiaries of Gesy still don’t trust or choose them, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Monday.
Generic ...
Bayer plans to spend $1 bln on US pharma R&D in 2023-US pharma head
Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) plans to spend $1 billion on drug research and development in the US this year as it works to double its sales in the country by the ...
As a society we are struggling with drug addiction: How you can help
Drug addiction has been a topic that has been brought up more often than not over recent years. This can be due to several factors. One of them is the ...
Everything you need to know about addiction relapse: Strategies to prevent it from happening
A relapse is when a recurrence of a behavior or substance use happens. This occurs after a period of abstinence. A relapse is not considered a failure on your part.
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