1 in 7 people in Cyprus carries thalassemia gene, newspaper reports
About one in seven people in the Republic of Cyprus, or 15%, carries the gene for beta thalassemia, also known…
Category: Health
Do we really need 10,000 steps a day?
Hunter Bennett, Adelaide University You’ve probably heard that hitting 10,000 steps a day is the key to health and…
Snakebites are a far bigger problem than we knew: new study maps the hidden dangers
Dileepa Ediriweera, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Not every snakebite injects venom. When venom enters the body, however, it can…
Simple, low-cost technology for detecting rheumatic heart disease
A team of researchers has developed a simple, low-cost technology for detecting rheumatic heart disease earlier, Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of…
Mounjaro to be funded on Cyprus’s national health scheme
The weight-loss drug Mounjaro will be funded by Cyprus’s national health system from today for patients with type 2 diabetes…
Missing body found at Nicosia hospital mortuary
A body reported missing from the mortuary at Nicosia General Hospital has been found in a fridge at the facility,…
Russian plague scare: an expert explains what we know so far – and why there’s no need to panic
PeopleImages/ Shutterstock Josephine Bourner, Queen Mary University of London A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia,…
Flu vaccinations begin for over-60s as personal doctors receive first enhanced jabs
Flu vaccinations for people over 60 have begun, as personal doctors have received the first enhanced vaccines, the president of…
Putin – Trump set to discuss plague case
The exact time of a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to…
A camera combined with AI could help further diagnosis of movement disorders like spinal muscular atrophy in newborns
Imen Trabelsi, École pratique des hautes études (EPHE); François Jouen, École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), and Jean Bergounioux, Université…