WHO: Omicron threat remains high in east Europe
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 ...
Johnson & Johnson defends talc bankruptcy in court
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 ...
Medical association said it had warned HIO of Gesy shortcomings
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 ...
EU regulator reviewing menstrual disorder cases after mRNA COVID shots
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 .
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Changing your diet could add ten years to your life
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 ...
Gesy expenditure in 2021 was €1.21 billion
Gesy’s expenditure in 2021 was €1.21 billion, with all indications that this would be covered by revenue, a senior health insurance organisation (HIO) official told the Cyprus News Agency on Thursday.
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Medical association says crooked doctors the exception, not the rule
Hot on the heels of news that a doctor was facing criminal charges for allegedly sending fictitious invoices for payment, it emerged on Thursday that another medic has been removed ...
EU ramps up collection of public health data to improve drug reviews
The European Medicines Agency has set up a new centre to collect and mine more public health data from EU member states to improve the review of new drugs and ...
Gesy doctor to be prosecuted for faking invoices (Updated)
The Cyprus Medical Association on Wednesday condemned the actions of a Gesy doctor, who will be prosecuted for requesting payments for services he did not provide.
“We were truly disappointed ...
Special Report: Inside J&J’s secret plan to cap litigation payouts to cancer victims
Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and ...
Gesy should be evaluated by an independent body, patients group say
An independent body should be brought in to evaluate the health system, the patients’ association said on Saturday, a day after an audit-office report alleged illegalities and tax evasion within ...
Cyprus marks World Cancer Day
The early diagnosis and treatment of cancer can help us defeat it, the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre said on Friday in the context of World Cancer Day.
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Audit office exposes Gesy gravy train, one doctor paid €870,742 (Update 1)
A scathing report by the auditor-general has alleged illegalities within Cyprus’ health care system, while identifying 11 Gesy doctors who each earned over €500,000 in 2020 – with one topping the charts at a ...
Doctors in botched cataract operations case charged
Two doctors were charged in writing and their case is expected to go to court next week after a patient died and seven others suffered serious post-surgery complications following a ...
Call to include counsellors in Gesy
The Pancyprian union of psychologists on Wednesday called on the health minister and the House health committee to push for the inclusion of counselling psychologists to national health scheme Gesy.
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Doctors face criminal charges after botched cataract operations
Two Apollonion doctors are facing criminal charges after a patient died and seven others suffered serious post-surgery complications following a cataract surgery at the hospital in 2020, it emerged on Wednesday.
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Contracts signed for first phase of new Athalassa hospital
A €12m contract for the first phase of a new psychiatric health hospital in Nicosia was signed on Thursday, with the move hailed by ministers as a major step towards ...
Death during sex isn’t just something that happens to middle-aged men, new study finds
By David C. Gaze, University of Westminster
Sex has many beneficial physical and psychological effects, including reducing high blood pressure, improving the immune system and aiding better sleep. The physical ...
Israel donates medical equipment
Israel on Thursday donated two innovative portable ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE) to Cyprus, indicative of what Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas described as the strong ties between the two ...
Willingness to compromise on ‘draconian’ new health law, MPs told
Following pressure from opposition lawmakers, the government has agreed to amend certain provisions of the ‘Dangerous Infectious Diseases Law of 2021’, which will repeal and replace the current Quarantine Law under ...
Over 1.2 mln people died from drug-resistant infections in 2019
More than 1.2 million people died in 2019 from infections caused by bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics, higher than HIV/AIDS or malaria, according to a new report published on Thursday.
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Coronavirus: Virus leaves antibodies that may attack healthy tissues
The following is a summary of some recent studies on Covid-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by ...
US FDA backs Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-olds (Updated)
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorised the use of a third dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 to 15, and narrowed the interval ...
How long does it take to recover from an athletic injury?
The first piece of information that needs to be stated is that injuries of any kind are not one size fits all. However, depending on the injury there can be ...