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Keio University and CureApp Inc., a Tokyo-based medical technology startup, announced Thursday that a clinical trial has proven the effectiveness of their smartphone app designed to help smokers quit.more

Almost 700,000 people in Poland have so-called pathological obesity requiring surgical treatment, which helps in slimming as well as protects against serious diseases - experts argued. It was stressed that these patients should be covered by comprehensive and coordinated care.more

A baby thought to be the world's tiniest surviving infant has been discharged from a San Diego hospital after five months in intensive care. The baby girl weighed just 245 grams (8.6 ounces) and measured 23 centimeters (9 inches) when she was born in December. more

The United Kingdom has reported 11 cases of Salmonella this year as part of an outbreak traced to eggs from Poland that started in 2012.more

More than 1 billion people in the world have hearing problems, disrupting everyday functioning, and especially communicating with others - reminds the director of the World Center of Hearing in Kajetany, prof. Henryk Skarżyński. Yesterday in Warsaw and Kajetany, the 2nd World Otology Congress began.more

In Poland, the morbidity and death rate of breast cancer in women is alarmingly increasing - experts yesterday announced during the conference of the Academy of Medical Journalists in Warsaw devoted to this cancer.more

The concentration of antibiotics in some rivers in the world exceeds 300 times the levels considered safe - revealed the first study conducted on a global scale.more

Juventus confirm goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has undergone keyhole surgery to clean up a right knee injury. more

The United States recorded 60 new measles cases last week, taking confirmed cases for the year to 940, the worst outbreak since 1994 and since measles was declared eliminated in 2000, federal health officials said on Monday.more

The National Health Fund in Poland has extended the validity of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). For a large number of people, it will be valid for three years, not 18 months. more

People who suffer from chronic migraines are calling for a new drug to be offered on the NHS in England. The monthly injection of Aimovig has been described as "life-changing" by those who have tried it.more

Around four million people in Britain regularly risk a £1,000 fine by not having the right glasses with them when they're driving.more

A measles outbreak across Europe has left UK officials urging parents to get their children vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella.more

If you live in Cardiff you might be at more risk of catching an STI like gonorrhoea or chlamydia, according to research.more

Giving blood could save three lives - but if that isn't enough of an incentive, you can get a free glass of beer this weekend for giving away one pint of blood.more

Arterial hypertension can have up to 17 million Poles, if we adopt American standards effective from 2017 - experts say. Polish hypertension specialists have proposed new guidelines for the treatment of hypertension.more

Doctors on Tuesday resumed the life support for a Frenchman who has been in a vegetative state for over a decade, following a court order to restore it hours after the switching off process began, lawyers said.more

The number of European nurses arriving in Britain has fallen from about 9,000 to 900 a year since the Brexit referendum, it was revealed today.more

Unvaccinated children got measles, and their parents were fined 181 euros. It happened in Rimini in Italy.more

A pilot flew unconscious for 40 minutes in Australia, missing air-traffic control calls, when he missed breakfast the morning of the flight.more

Serena Williams withdrew from the Italian Open on Tuesday ahead of her second-round match against sister Venus because of a previously injured left knee.more

In Poland one in six couples in reproductive age has problems with fertility, specialists have alerted.more

Millions of British adults have experienced suicidal thoughts or emotions because of concerns about their body image, a survey shows.more

Britain's young royals, brothers Prince William and Prince Harry and their wives Kate and Meghan, launched a new phone messaging service on Friday to help people suffering a mental health crisis.more

Barcelona striker Luis Suarez's season appears to be over after undergoing surgery on a medial meniscus injury in his right knee. more