Health
Spain leads the world in organ transplants
With over 4,000 organ transplants conducted in 2009, Spain is the world leader in the field
Waking the dead
They are taken in Taiwan, Serbia, Slovenia, and Bangladesh, and, according to NASA, invigorate the body and soul. The word comes from the Latin for ‘sixth hour,’ and is intended to occur roughly six hours after one wakes up... But why is the siesta culture dying out in Spain? Sara Wallace finds out
Spain to allow medicinal cannabis use
Spain is second country to approve the drug containing cannabis
Andalucia’s doctors: lowest-paid in Spain
Southern Spain's doctors earn dramatically less than their fellow Spanish medical professionals
Medical breakthrough in Andalucia
A Spanish clinic in Torremolinos has removed a lung cancer using an advanced 'deep freeze' method
‘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
Change your life by giving shiatsu a go in Spain
Brian Carling explains why the practice helps to alleviate aches and pains
Spanish suffer most from back to work blues
Millions of Spaniards could be suffering from post-holiday syndrome
Think yourself thin
Costa del Sol clinic claims to have found a cheap miracle cure for obesity. It’s all in the mind
13-year-old baby born in Barcelona
The oldest baby in the world has been born from an embryo conceived thirteen years ago and frozen in a fertility clinic
Andalucía dreaming
RICHARD HARVEY asks whether buying or building a dream home and settling in southern Spain really helps to strengthen a relationship. Or do the demons merely resurface when the dust settles?
