Archives for Health
November 9th, 2009
This week I'm taking a look at some of the often overlooked aspects of living in Spain. Some recent personal experience with a very ill member of my family has highlighted a number of issues that have caused unnecessary work and problems. These were mostly due to the correct paperwork ...
Continue reading Moving to Spain – your rights and responsibilities … the first step
December 21st, 2009
One in three Spanish (31.5%), aged over 16 years, admits having smoked in the past year, either regularly or occasionally, according to provisional data from the European Health Survey published in Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE). This reflects a "slight increase" in the consumption of tobacco on the latest available ...
Continue reading More Spanish Smokers … Smoking Less
December 29th, 2009
According to the first national survey on sexual health by the Ministry of Health, 88% of men and 84% of women say they feel very or fairly satisfied with their sex lives. According to the responses of nearly 10,000 people aged over 16 years, 77% of men think that sex is ...
Continue reading Spain’s First Ever National Sex Survey
January 4th, 2010
A total ban on smoking in bars, restaurants and entertainment venues in 2010 will cause the closure of between 35,000 and 40,000 premises (10% of the total in Spain), and the loss of 100,000 jobs according to the Vice Chairman of the Spanish Federation of Hotels and Restaurants
Continue reading 100,000 To Lose Jobs Due to Spanish Total Smoking Ban
January 12th, 2010
A 16 year old boy has become the first minor to undergo a sex change operation in Spain, the operation being made in a private clinic in Barcelona. The boy had been undergoing hormonal treatment for more than a year and a half, while the operation, not known about until ...
Continue reading First ‘Child’ Sex Change Operation In Spain
January 13th, 2010
More than 3 percent of sudden deaths in the southwest of Spain are associated with cocaine use, according to a study by the Institute of Legal Medicine of Seville which it has published in the European Heart Journal. The authors believe their findings would be similar in the rest of Europe, ...
Continue reading 3% of Sudden Deaths Attributed to Cocaine Use
January 25th, 2010
The Minister for Health and Social Policy, Trinidad Jimenez, today announced an agreement between her department and all autonomous communities in Spain, which are now committed to make a decision on the benefit and care entitlement of dependents within a maximum six months - as well as thirty days in ...
Continue reading Spain Speeds Up Care Benefit Process
January 25th, 2010
More than 50,000 people suffer a myocardial infarction each year in Spain and around one million suffer from chronic ischemic heart disease. Experts, who have participated in a meeting to discuss cardiovascular problems, have warned that
Continue reading Heart Problems Near Epidemic Levels In Spain
January 27th, 2010
According to the Ministry of Labour, a total of 765 workers died in workplace accidents last year (from January to November 2009), which is 219 less than the same period in 2008 (-22.2%). Of this amount, 586 workers died while on their jobs, 21.2% lower than the same period in
Continue reading Accidents And Deaths In The Spanish Workplace
February 1st, 2010
Professor Eduard Estivill, director of the Sleep Clinic at the Dexeus University Institute of Barcelona, has said that there are over four million people suffering with restless leg syndrome (RLS) in Spain, a neurological disorder characterised by a "strange and unpleasant feeling" in the legs when
Continue reading Four Million Suffering From Restless Leg Syndrome
