U3A FUENGIROLA WINTER ENROLMENT
On Friday 6th January 2012 we will be enrolling new members for courses and Monthly lectures the period from January till May 2012 for only 15 Euro's. The enrolment will take place at the Ark Christian Fellowship More...
Sales of smoking cessation products soar in Spain
Sales of smoking cessation products have soared in Spain since a tough anti-tobacco law took effect last month. Sales of the products jumped 599 percent in January from December, said the Federation of Pharmaceutical More...
Depression Linked To High Levels Of Trans-Fats
New data from researchers in Spain suggests that there may be a connection between the consumption of increased levels of trans-fats and depression. In the study, lead researcher Almudena Sanchez-Villegas found More...
Brits travelling to Spain reminded that EHIC is not travel insurance
Spain is the number one holiday destination for Brits, with holidaymakers making around 17 million trips there every year. However, many of those heading to Spain travel with a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) More...
Slot Machines to Display Health Warnings in Spain
Slot machines in Catalonia, Spain, will now display health warnings, in a new project funded by the region’s government. The Guardian has reported that every 30 minutes, slots in casinos in Catalonia will display More...
Smoking ban equals more customers
One in three Spaniards (32.8%) say they would visit more entertainment venues if, as envisaged in the draft of the new Anti-Tobacco Law of the Ministry of Health, they were completely non-smoking. The data was offered More...
Doctors Rule Out Lung Cancer for King Juan Carlos of Spain
King Juan Carlos underwent a successful operation to remove a small benign growth from his right lung, doctors said yesterday. The doctors ruled out any possibility the 72-year-old monarch was suffering from any More...
Spain tops for holiday ailments
As many as 20% of British tourists taking the plane to Spain end up with tummy pain and other ailments, a survey has shown. Spain tops the list of countries in which UK holidaymakers fall ill, the survey by health More...
British tourists struck down by virus in Canary Islands
As many as two hundred British holidaymakers have been taken ill at a hotel in the Canary Islands, following a suspected outbreak of the norovirus. The Barcelo Santiago Hotel – a four star property on the island More...
Sick of the Canaries
The winter vomiting bug has been identified as the probable cause of illness of about 15 passengers on a flight from the Canary Islands to Cork at the weekend. The Health Service Executive was alerted to the fact More...
Sunbathing boosts male sex drive
An Austrian study has revealed that testosterone is boosted by vitamin D. The bulk of this essential nutrient is made by the skin on exposure to sunlight. According to researchers, sunbathing boosts the male sex More...
Spanish doctors fight expat ‘freeloaders’
The SiMAP union, representing public health doctors in Spain, said non-Spanish EU nationals in Alicante, which has a large British expat community, account for 15-20 per cent of hospital admissions. Criticism is More...
Benidorm E. coli strain cases investigated in the UK
A number of cases of E. coli O157 in travellers returning from Benidorm in Spain are being investigated by the Health Protection Agency. The HPA is aware of 14 confirmed cases of the gastrointestinal infection. All More...
Sudden deaths increased due to cocaine consumption in Spain
A study done by the Institute of Legal Medicine of Seville revealed that “more than the 3% of sudden deaths in Spain are associated with the consumption of cocaine.” And it demonstrates that “the use of the More...
Spain leads world in organ donations: minister
Spain led the world in organ donations in 2009 for the 18th consecutive year despite a sharp drop in road death fatalities, a key source of donated organs, Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez, said Monday. A total More...
New Fitness & Weight Loss Bootcamp Week in Spain
Starting March 2010, the Fit woman bootcamp will be taking over a converted luxurious mill near Malaga in Southern Spain for a week of intensive fitness training and nutrition courses coupled with adventure activities More...
Countries Return H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine To Manufacturers
France has decided to cancel over half of their order of swine vaccines. This could be a major setback for vaccine manufacturers who have ramped up production this flu season. Initially it was thought that everyone More...
Qatar bans import of meat and poultry from Spain
Qatar has imposed a temporary ban on the import of meat and poultry products from Spain, following the discovery of a new strain of bird flu virus- H7N7- in the country. The decision was taken at a meeting of the More...
Germany and Spain seek to cut H1N1 vaccine orders
Germany and Spain want to reduce deliveries of swine flu vaccine and potentially return excess supplies to manufacturers, due to low uptake of the shots, in a move that could hit drugmakers´ profits. Germany´s More...
Spain seeks new anti-smoking law from next year
Spain´s government said Monday it hopes to pass a law next year to ban smoking in enclosed public places such as bars and restaurants. Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez said there is a “very large consensus” More...
