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 that a number of passengers were acutely ill on the flight before it arrived from Tenerife at 10.30 [...]
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 drive. Scientists at the Medical University of Graz discovered that men with more vitamin D in their blood had more testosterone than [...]
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 not directed at those who register their residency status and pay taxes, but at expats in the black economy who expect to get treatment [...]
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 the confirmed cases are adults and four people are known to have been admitted to hospital after returning to the UK [...]
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 drug has become a problem in Spain and in the rest of Europe.”
The researchers warned about the lethal risk [...]
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 of 4,028 organ transplants were carried out last year in Spain from 1,605 donors, a new record for the country, [...]
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 and some fun in the sun.
Women of all levels of fitness can become part of the bootcamp.
Activities will include circuit training, [...]
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 would need two shots to develop an immunity. Recently health experts have determined that perhaps one shot was needed. Combined [...]