Health News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

PILL PUSHERS: Brits being told to take ‘deadly’ Nolotil or suffer without by Spanish GPs

A BRITISH expat has thanked the Olive Press for ‘saving his life’ after he was prescribed the lethal painkiller Nolotil. Trevor Naylor, a 77-year-old retired

17 Aug, 2017 @ 11:38

Health·Lead·Malaga·National News

World’s first anti-ageing drug to be trialled on humans this year could see us living well into our 120s

WOULD you want to live well into your 120s? That could become a reality thanks to the world’s first anti-ageing drug, which is being trialled

13 Aug, 2017 @ 11:26

Health

Filling the gap between injury and returning to normal life at unique Sotogrande clinic

Whole body movement after an injury or illness is the key to long-term recovery

12 Aug, 2017 @ 18:30

Cadiz·Health

Marbella’s ‘Ken Doll’ has spent almost €500,000 on procedures and is planning more despite health risks

RODRIGO Alves has revealed his plans for gastric bypass surgery after putting on three stone. The Marbella-based TV personality, known as the ‘Human Ken Doll’,

12 Aug, 2017 @ 11:11

Health·Lead·Malaga

Most intense heatwave in over a decade ‘Lucifer’ hits Spain with sizzling 40C+ temperatures

It's been cited as the worst to hit Europe since 2003

4 Aug, 2017 @ 16:27

Environment·Granada·Health·Lead·Malaga·National News·Travel News

KILL THE DRUG: Olive Press launches campaign to ban deadly painkiller Nolotil in Spain

The drug seems to mostly affect people of fair skin, from the likes of the UK and Scandinavia, by poisoning their bone marrow and destroying

2 Aug, 2017 @ 11:46

Health·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·National News

Two British expat pensioners found in their Costa del Sol apartment had been dead for FIFTEEN days

POLICE have discovered the bodies of two expats in their Costa del Sol home. The bodies of a 71-year-old man and 80-year-old woman, husband and

21 Jul, 2017 @ 11:40

Health·Lead

SUPER-GONORRHEA: ‘Untreatable’ strand of STI has arrived in Spain and two other wealthy countries, WHO warns it’s ‘tip of the iceberg’

In men, symptoms include pain while urinating and a yellow/green discharge

7 Jul, 2017 @ 16:02

Health·Lead·National News

A suntan on kids is ‘not healthy’ and a sign of ‘skin damage’, UK’s NHS warns

One in 10 said they had told their child to take their top off in the sun to avoid getting tan lines

27 Jun, 2017 @ 13:01

Health·Lead·Travel News

The four types of people mosquitoes love to bite

THERE are many who claim they are like catnip to mosquitoes, and they could be right. Health experts believe the blood-sucking insects do prefer certain

25 Jun, 2017 @ 15:48

Health·Lead

Drinking gin and tonic can help soothe hayfever, new British study claims

The likes of vodka and gin have much lower histamine levels

21 Jun, 2017 @ 17:51

Environment·Health·Lead·Mallorca

Axarquia to host mental health conference

The event examined how we treat mental health

15 Jun, 2017 @ 18:29

Health·Malaga

Spain suffering chronic shortage of nurses despite 20% increase in numbers during last 10 years

Number of EU nurses applying to UK has dropped by 96% since Brexit referendum

The NHS is already struggling with nurse vacancies

12 Jun, 2017 @ 16:23

Health·Lead·National News·Politics

Pensioners returning home post-Brexit could cost the UK’s NHS €1.15 billion per year

The UK government currently pays €575 million a year for healthcare provided to some 190,000 British pensioners living in the EU

6 Jun, 2017 @ 12:28

Health·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Politics

Malaga Council accused of falsifying hospital statistics

Benalmadena Hospital claims to be carrying out 2,000 more operations than three years ago

30 May, 2017 @ 17:50

Health·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Andalucia lagging behind due to reliance on EU funds, claims new study

The study suggests in terms of time Andalucia lost nine years in GDP

21 May, 2017 @ 19:23

Business & Finance·Health·Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s healthcare among top 10 in the world in new ranking, far above the UK’s

Spain scored an impressive 90 out of 100

19 May, 2017 @ 13:07

Health·Lead·National News

Mallorca blood bank at full stock following Olive Press campaign for cancer-stricken daughter of British expat family

Mum Sarah called the support 'amazing'

16 May, 2017 @ 12:07

Health·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca

WARNING: Malaga hit by Andalucia-wide food poisoning outbreak due to contaminated tuna

Consumers have been affected in Malaga, Cordoba, Granada, Jaen and Sevilla

11 May, 2017 @ 15:33

Business & Finance·Cadiz·Cordoba·Food & Drink·Granada·Health·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Mallorca expat British family’s plea for blood to save young daughter’s life

Serena Chappell, 11, needs blood-type-O-negative transfusion to battle leukaemia

11 May, 2017 @ 11:43

Health·Lead·Mallorca

Briton who was told he would never run again to compete in Mallorca Ironman Triathlon

It took a year of treatment before he could even put a shoe back on

8 May, 2017 @ 17:18

Health·Mallorca·Sport

Date set for construction of Estepona’s €15m public hospital

UTEOgensa-Helopav has been awarded the construction for the project

5 May, 2017 @ 15:21

Health·Lead

Two pints of beer a better painkiller than paracetamol, new study finds

Consuming two pints of beer can cut discomfort by a quarter

4 May, 2017 @ 17:10

Food & Drink·Health·Mallorca

Marbella plastic surgeons carry out life-changing surgery on disfigured Kenyan patients

Medical staff from the clinic successfully treated 45 patients and carried out surgery on 25.

2 May, 2017 @ 11:39

Health·Lead·Other News

30-stone woman dies in Mallorca after 12-hour attempt to remove her from home

She was too large to be taken down the stairs on a stretcher or out of the windows

1 May, 2017 @ 14:00

Health·Mallorca

Holidaymaker praises Malaga hospital staff for saving his life

Gregory Johnston from Birmingham was rushed to the Hospital Regional Universitario Malaga after a freak fall onto a glass table cut the main artery and

28 Apr, 2017 @ 09:30

Health·Lead·Malaga

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