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Heat stroke risk for children

Doctors urge parents to exercise extreme caution with children in the heat of summer

Clean and sober summer promoted to young in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA’S Health Department, that covers popular expat areas like Villamartin and Orihuela Costa, has launched a campaign targeted at the young to cut out...

Hostel in Spain’s Andalucia put on lockdown after man dies of coronavirus

A HOSTEL in Cadiz province has been put on lockdown by the police after an outbreak of coronavirus within the establishment.

COVID-19 hospital admissions and intensive care cases are the lowest this year in Costa Blanca area of Spain

HOSPITAL admissions for COVID-19 have equalled their 2021 low along with the smallest intensive care numbers in the Valencian Community. The news was announced...

British expat launches cookbook to keep your body in check

Wheatgrass played a large role in the therapy of Ereira and her husband

HEALTHY OUTCOME as Barcelona rock concert produces very few COVID-19 cases in Spain

A 'test' concert in Barcelona has produced no evidence of increased COVID cases among the 5,000 people that went to the gig. Rock band Love...

CORONAVIRUS ANDALUCIA: Malaga records less than 100 patients in hospital with COVD-19 for the first time in nine months

THE number of COVID-19 patients in hospital in MALAGA has dropped to less than 100 for the first time in nine months, as Andalucia...

Smoking linked to Alzheimer’s

Over 33% of Spain's men and one quarter of women are smokers

READ THE LABEL: Spanish Health authorities warn against the use of facemasks containing graphene

Their request has been echoed by the national Ministry of Health, who has advised not to use surgical masks with graphene or graphene biomass.

Sierra de las Nieves moves one step closer to becoming national park

The park is home to the largest population of Spanish firs in Andalusia and more than 150 species of birds.

Cuppa benefits

Scientists have discovered three cups a day lowers blood pressure

Junk food not as bad for you if you follow Mediterranean diet, experts claim

The study, published in the European Heart Journal, followed 15,000 heart disease sufferers across 39 countries

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?

Undocumented migrants to get full access to public healthcare the minute they arrive in Spain

MIGRANTS will have full access to public healthcare as soon as they arrive in Spain, a new draft government decree has proposed.  The draft, which...

Just 12 COVID-19 patients remain in intensive care across Spain’s Valencian Community

JUST 12 coronavirus patients remain in intensive care (UCI) in hospitals across the Valencian Community. It is the lowest figure since a state of alarm...

MASKS OFF: No visitors will have to wear masks at Gibraltar’s hospital from Monday, health chiefs reveal

MASK rules will be closer to pre-pandemic from Monday than at any time since COVID-19 first broke out in Gibraltar, health authorities announced. From June...

Sevilla coronavirus patient caught disease at party on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE patient who tested positive for coronavirus in Sevilla, has been revealed to have caught the disease at a party on the Costa del Sol.

COVID-19 in Spain: Minister of Health warns Andalucia is at ‘high risk’ as coronavirus numbers rise

CASES of coronavirus in Andalucia are continuing to soar with Junta de Andalucía's Minister of Health, Jesús Aguirre warning that the region is at...

Change your life by giving shiatsu a go in Spain

Brian Carling explains why the practice helps to alleviate aches and pains

‘Fake doctor’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol had ‘10 appointments per day’ and ‘charged up to €4,000 for treatment’

Have you been a victim in a fraud case? If so, message: tips@theolivepress.es A ‘FAKE doctor’ who defrauded patients on the Costa del Sol for...

Influenza A is spreading across Spain: Respiratory illness is easy to catch and symptoms last for a long time,...

CASES of flu continue to spread across Spain and are yet to peak, with the maximum number of illnesses expected to be reached in...

Anti-acid medicine maker removes adverts from Valencia area that associated heartburn with famous regional paella in Spain

A MAKER of anti-acid tablets says advertising posters will be taken down in the Valencia region which suggested the pills would clear heartburn caused...

Calorie counting: The difference between the UK and Spain

As calorie counting gains momentum in the UK, Susannah Grant takes a look at how Spain is battling the bulge.

Spanish children’s health hit by eating alone, study says

Eating alone could damage kids’ health

New blood donors in 2022 rose by 20% in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

PEOPLE donating blood for the first time went up by 20% last year in the Valencian Community. The regional Transfusion Centre said 16,223 people responded...

You don’t have to fly to Asia to realign your chakras and perfect your Downward Dog

MORE energy, greater flexibility, a clearer mind and a toned body - there are so many reasons so many of us are switching to...

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