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Public mistrust of vaccines means the world is taking a step backwards in the fight against deadly yet preventable infectious diseases, warn experts. The biggest global study into attitudes on immunisation suggests confidence is low in some regions.more

We must start to treat the HIV test as well as the blood count - experts say. As indicated, the number of people infected with HIV in Poland is growing. The problem is, among others lack of educational activities. "Medicine is developing, and Poles' knowledge remained at the 90's level."more

Spain has risen to the top of the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index, which ranks 169 economies according to factors that contribute to overall health.more

There were more than 200,000 abortions in England and Wales last year - the highest number ever recorded.more

Health experts have put the trend down to new sexual habits linked to the use of dating apps, as well as public budget cuts in sexual health services.more

Ministers said they hope the measures will spare hundreds of families from suffering, by cutting incidence of congenital conditions such as spina bifida and other neural tube defects.more

Cancer patients in three-fifths of NHS trusts in England are waiting too long for treatment and the devastating effects of delays are being "ignored" by ministers and health service chiefs, MPs have said.more

Medics warned that budget cuts were leading France's world-class health system to the brink of collapse and putting patients' lives at risk.more

What if a simple blood test could tell if you had cancer? Grail Inc., founded by Illumina Inc. and backed by both Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has been targeting just that, but after some early hype and the promise of a liquid biopsy test by 2019, talk of a so-called "pan-typic" cancer test has since quieted down.more

The World Health Organization has warned of more than 1 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases every day around the world. In a new report, the UN agency spoke of a "wake-up" call in the age of dating apps.more

Polish people heading on holidays should ensure they apply for a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), which could save them a lot of money should they need to use a hospital abroad.more

The death of 17-year-old Noa Pothoven made world headlines earlier this week as the international press described the "euthanasia" of the young Dutch girl in Arnhem, Netherlands.more

A nurse has been handed a second life sentence for the murder of 85 patients in his care, confirming him as the worst serial killer in postwar Germany. more

A GP has called for fellow doctors to prescribe singing as an alternative to medicine.more

He called the Vatican the euthanasia of a 17-year-old Dutch woman, who asked for it, arguing that as a rape victim in childhood she suffered from depression and anorexia. Noa died on Sunday, obtaining permission to die of hunger and thirst.more

You're safe to drink up to 25 cups of coffee a day, according to a new study. It won't damage the heart any more than drinking just one cup, researchers found.more

Women who are not married and do not have children are the happiest group in the population, a prominent expert in happiness has said. Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioural science at the London School of Economics, said unmarried and childless women are also likely to outlive their married child-rearing counterparts and are healthier than them. more

Nearly half of Brits self-medicate by using drugs, alcohol and sex to cope with mental health symptoms, according to a new study.more

Germany coach Joachim Loew has been hospitalised following a sports accident and will miss their upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Belarus and Estonia, the German Football Association (DFB) said on Friday.more

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