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Health

Reports by leading health agency leaves questions about health benefits of coffee

Hot coffee at once reduces and increases a drinker’s risk of cancer

Spain’s Health Ministry denies report of first local cholera infection since 1979

SPAIN'S Health Ministry has rejected claims by regional authorities that a case of cholera has been detected for the first time in more than...

What you need to know as Spain’s flu vaccine campaign officially gets underway

THE Health Ministry has officially launched this year’s flu vaccine campaign across Spain, but who is eligible? And how do you get a jab? Firstly...

Under-fire nursing home with rat infestation gets surprise inspection on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIAN government inspectors have made a surprise visit to an Orihuela Costa nursing home after complaints of rat and cockroach infestations. As previously reported by...

TAKE CARE: Tips for a healthier lifestyle after the excesses of Christmas in Spain

EXPERTS are urging people to take care when they bid to return to a more healthy lifestyle following the festive excesses. According to specialists, suddenly...

REVEALED: Spain’s cities rank higher than London in world’s top 50 ‘most liveable’

Both Spanish cities had identical scores for the first three categories, but Barcelona edged ahead with better health and infrastructure rankings than Madrid

Baby fractures skull in Murcia hospital incubator fall in Spain as parents only get €1,420 in compensation

THE parents of a newborn Murcia baby who rolled out of a hospital incubator and suffered a skull fracture have been given €1,420 in...

Is being a bit overweight GOOD for you? British study suggests a few extra pounds can help ‘protect’ the...

A NEW study from the UK is threatening to overturn conventional health wisdom after it suggested that being slightly overweight in your 70s and...

‘I was duped by a clinic’

British woman claims she was conned out of 10,000 euros for failed egg donation at a fertility clinic

Health experts at a loss on what is causing Legionnaire’s disease cases in Gibraltar

AUTHORITIES are trying to discover the source of a Legionnaire’s disease cases in Gibraltar that saw at least four people take ill. The Gibraltar Health...

Hip or knee pain? Learn about the solution

Living with bone and muscle pain prevents people from leading a normal daily life and causes emotional exhaustion due to the limitations they encounter...

Owners of meat company behind deadly listeria outbreak distributed 110,000 kilos of product AFTER becoming aware of killer bacteria...

MEAT company Magrudis distributed 110,000 kilos of product AFTER becoming aware of listeria contamination in December 2018.  That is the accusation of Facua consumer association,...

EXCLUSIVE: British mother reunited with baby 21 days after Spanish hospital claimed ‘it wasn’t hers’

Heartbroken Brit finally reunited with baby after doctors insist on a DNA test to prove it is hers

Tourists being held by police while awaiting coronavirus test results in Spain while doctors experiment with HIV drugs in...

DOZENS of tourists are being tested for the coronavirus while being held at the H10 hotel in Tenerife.  Some 1,000 holidaymakers are being held at...

Fears over Oxford COVID-19 vaccine across Spain’s Andalucia high as 25% reject first dose

LATEST government figures have shown that an alarming percentage of Andalucia's pensioners are rejecting the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine over blood clot concerns. The Junta...

Coffee fights womb cancer

Four cups a day could reduce risk of endometrial cancer, according to research

How the seed of this green fruit grown in Spain helps with anti-ageing

SPAIN is home to many delicious and nutritious foods, but did you know the strange way eating one fruit could help with anti-ageing?  Often eaten...

Hundreds of extra staff called in to battle flu epidemic in southern Spain

ALMOST 500 extra staff have been call in to tackle this year's flu epidemic in southern Spain. The last week of 2017 saw more than...

How 3D printing is providing much-needed medical supplies to fight coronavirus in Spain

COMPANIES in Spain have begun 3D printing much needed medical supplies for the ongoing coronavirus fight.  More than 700 people have combined their 3D production...

Spain reports 118 COVID-19 cases and two deaths in 24 hours as Malaga sees new outbreak

SPAIN has registered 118 new COVID-19 cases and two coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. This is the first time in four days that...

PENCIL IT IN: Spain publishes COVID vaccination calendar for each age group

All residents who are registered with the public Health service should be clearly notified with a date, time and place to receive their jab.

Manhunt for COVID-infected Dutch tourists who left self-isolation hotel in Spain to possibly return home

POLICE are trying to stop a group of coronavirus-infected Dutch tourists from leaving Spain after they stopped self-isolating in the Extremadura region. They were staying...

Spain’s Antequera Hospital to test Pfizer vaccine on children and pregnant women

ANTEQUERA hospital has been selected to test Pfizer in children and pregnant women. The Antequera Hospital is one of the five centres selected at national...

Appeal launched to get British expat mother life-saving cancer treatment

AN appeal has been launched to get a much-loved expat life-saving cancer treatment.   Louise Metherell, 51, from Portsmouth, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma at Christmas...

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