Spanish woman gives birth to healthy twins at age of 64
A 64-year-old woman has given birth to healthy twins after her second successful pregnancy at an advanced age, a doctor in northern Spain has [...]
Health
‘Third-hand’ smoke may harm infants, says new study
The first solid evidence that smoking causes cancer came in the 1950s, followed decades later by revelations that “second-hand” smoke also harms [...]
Dangerous synthetic cannabis detected in Luxembourg
Traces of the synthetic ‘cannabinoids’ have been found in some marijuana Luxembourg’s Ministry of Health has just [...]
Ebola, war … but just two psychiatrists to deal with a nation’s trauma
The history of Africa’s oldest psychiatric hospital is written on the walls of its isolation units, desperate messages chiselled into the woodwork like scars. “I came here for I don’t have any money,” reads one note in a corner of the room. “People want me to run from my father’s house,” reads another. [...]
Luxembourg has best healthcare in the world, – study
Luxembourg has the best healthcare in the world. That’s according to the respected Legatum Institute based in London, with a report of the top 16 countries published on the British online portal Business [...]
Vitamin D supplement Uvesterol never sold in Luxembourg
France has moved to suspend sales of a vitamin D medication following the death of a baby who suffocated after being given the liquid supplement, health authorities said Wednesday. According to the Luxembourg Ministry of Health, the vitamin D supplement has never been authorised in the Grand [...]
What I’m really thinking: the vegan
I wish there were more of us. When I became a vegan at 19, my meat-eating parents worried my already fraught relationship with food was deteriorating. Family meals became stressful, eating out was a problem; I felt like a burden. But the more articles I read, and the more recipes I tried, the more my relationship with [...]
Malaria control improves for vulnerable in Africa, but global progress off-track
WHO’s World Malaria Report 2016 reveals that children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa have greater access to effective malaria control. Across the region, a steep increase in diagnostic testing for children and preventive treatment for pregnant women has been reported over the last 5 years. Among all [...]
Luxembourg student test results remain below OECD average
Student performance in Luxembourg has not improved in the last three years and remains below average among the 72 OECD countries, a report voices by Luxemburger Wort [...]