Vienna News
An artificial salt grotto, reputed to have beneficial effects for people suffering from respiratory and skin disorders, has opened in Vienna
Jersey News
Jersey to pay for health care in the UK.
Islanders who fall ill or have accidents in the UK will soon have to pay for their treatment, the health department has announced, following confirmation that the UK is scrapping the reciprocal health...
Oxford News
Health walks in Oxford city centre.
The GO Active Project, in conjunction with the city council, has launched a weekly health walk around the centre of Oxford. Held every Thursday at midday, the walks last 40 minutes and take in histori...
Copenhagen News
Copenhagen ambulances for the obese.
The Copenhagen Capital Region has ordered 15 extra large ambulances for the emergency transport of overweight patients, to be operational from 1 September of this year. Equipped with sturdier safety b...
Jersey News
Jersey pays for health tourists.
Health tourists are costing islanders hundreds of thousands of pounds a year by coming to Jersey for specialist treatment.
There are so few rules stopping people with no connection to the island get...
Jersey News
Tax thresholds will go up and fuel duty will be frozen under a budget planned to help islanders struggling with rising prices. Proposals include a five per cent rise in tax thresholds and a one-year f...
Jersey News
Paying for Jersey health in the UK.
Islanders who fall ill or have accidents in the UK could soon be left with huge medical bills if they don
Jersey News
Islanders could lose some of their rights to free health-care in the UK. Island health chiefs have admitted that free care in national health service hospitals hangs in the balance following the annou...
Brussels News
Radioactive leak scare south of Brussels.
Belgian authorities have banned the consumption of local milk and vegetables
Copenhagen News
Copenhagen cuts back on ambulances.
Regional authorities have announced a major cutback in the number of ambulances serving the Greater Copenhagen area as of 2009. Under the change large areas of the Danish capital will be covered by ju...
Paris News
Paris hands out pocket ashtrays.
30,000 blue and white pocket ashtrays are being distributed outside 140 nightspots across the French capital as part of a Ville de Paris campaign to encourage civic responsibility among smokers. Since...
Brussels News
Chefs teach healthy eating at Brussels schools.
An association of professional chefs is to take part in a pilot project in Brussels aimed at improving primary school students
Jersey News
The number of people suffering from HIV doubled in Jersey in 2006.
According to a report released by ACET (Aids Care Education and Training) at the beginning of December there were 60 known cases in...
Oxford News
Oxford hospitals: High performance scanner at Oxford hospital.
The Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital in Headington has installed a state-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner, replacing the less powerful Tesla equipment previously in use. Producing high...
