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Which European countries are struggling most to meet medical needs?

Unmet medical needs are mostly linked to issues within the healthcare system, such as high costs and long waiting lists. Here's how countries compare.

Healthcare

Hospitals try to waste less laughing gas in bid to curb climate impact

An Irish hospital is trying to stop wasting the anaesthetic nitrous oxide over climate change concerns. Should others follow suit?

Healthcare

Data-sharing gives rare disease patients another chance at diagnosis

Many rare disease patients do not receive a formal genetic diagnosis, but a European data-sharing project aimed to give them a second chance.

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New AI tool could identify which patients may benefit from cancer drug

The test could help direct prostate cancer patients to the best treatment option for them, researchers behind the findings said.

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Tens of thousands protest in Madrid against healthcare privatisation

More than 30,000 people took to the streets of the Spanish capital on Sunday in protest against the health policy of the Community of Madrid's government.

wellbeing

Where in Europe do teens have the best and worst mental health?

In the 37 European countries included in a new study, boys are more likely than girls to report good mental health.

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Joe Biden has prostate cancer. Here's what to know about the disease

Doctors say aggressive prostate cancer, like the former US president's, can be treated but not cured. Here's everything you need to know about it.

Healthcare

Which countries in Europe pay the most for medicines?

Europeans pay different prices for medicines based on where exactly they live, but they spend way less than the US does.

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How do challenges facing Europe’s nursing workforce compare globally?

There is a shortage of 5.8 million nurses worldwide, and it’s being made worse by the demand for foreign-born healthcare professionals in Europe.

Healthcare

German woman rid of cancer after new double-lung transplant surgery

The surgery method could offer new hope for some late-stage cancer patients who are out of other options.

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Hair loss drug linked to risk of suicidal thoughts, EU regulator says

The medicine will remain on the shelves but will come with additional warnings about the side effects, which appear to be rare.

Business

WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy in a bid to cut its debt

The publicly traded wellness company, which has been struggling to keep its business afloat, announced plans to file for bankruptcy as part of a reorganisation plan with a group of its lenders.

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Is your heart ageing faster than you are?

The researchers said the tool could be used to counsel patients at risk of heart diseases.

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How Spain and Portugal’s health workers adapted to power outages

Doctors and pharmacists across the region raced to keep critical medicines cold and decipher handwritten prescriptions. Then they waited.

Healthcare

'After pregnancy loss, test to find out why revealed I had cancer'

Few cancers are passed from parent to child, but genetic testing can help identify people at higher risk. In Sidney Raskind's case, it may have saved his life – but experts say these tests come with tradeoffs.

USA

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder in Manhattan court

The killing and ensuing five-day search leading to Mangione’s arrest rattled the business community, with some health insurers deleting photos of executives from their websites and switching to online shareholder meetings.

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Hundreds of Gaza’s dialysis patients die struggling to get treatment

Officials in the territory say over 40 per cent of kidney failure patients - more than 400 - have died during the war.

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Where in the world are people loneliest and does age matter?

Countries differed on how much lonelier older people were compared with those in midlife, a new study has found.

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Will the world's blood supply be the next casualty of climate change?

Donors would be impacted by blood-borne diseases and extreme weather, while demand for blood could surge, a new study has found.

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Prince Harry in surprise visit to Ukraine to meet war-wounded veterans

The Duke of Sussex said the facility, which opened to care for war-wounded Ukrainains, was “absolutely mind-blowing”.