Going to the gym and regular physical exercise has become, fortunately, a “healthy trend” among more and more Romanians who chose to fill the gyms from early in the morning to late at night after endless hours spent sitting at a desk. The question is:...
Stay healthy | 2015
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"Sedentarism" is one of the modern ‘diseases’ which can have a bad effect on anybody working while sitting on a chair, at a desk, or lying in bed for long periods of time and where they are lacking any physical activity. Actually, this habit drains...
Stay healthy | 2015
The healthy life ’microbes‘ is capturing the interest of more and more people. According to Innova Market Insights, half of the Americans said they are determined to eat more fruit and vegetables this year. And the ’exotic‘ options are more and...
Stay healthy | 2015
Antibiotics are, without any doubt, one of the most important inventions in medicine and pharmacy. They have saved millions of lives, extended life expectancy and brought peace to mothers and paediatricians who were compelled to work wonders with babies...
Stay healthy | 2015
Considered by many nutritionists as the biggest food danger of our times, found on the blacklists of all authorities and marked for special levy proposals, threatened already by a few researches, juices are the focus of a new analysis published by the...
Stay healthy | 2015
A Mediterranean diet and, in the end, any other diet containing fruits, vegetables, nuts, unprocessed meat is associated with the prevention of depression, according to a study revealed by BMC Medicine. Researchers analyzed over 15,000 people before...
Stay healthy | 2015
It’s October and we hear talk about breast cancer everywhere – the entire globe marks with various events this month dedicated to the terrible illness. Beside the charity campaigns, survival marathons and pink-colored buildings, prevention is now the...
Stay healthy | 2015
It changed our lives, improved our work, it radically and irreversibly changed the way we communicate. But the mobile phone also introduced some shortcomings: we became addicted to it, we can’t conceive our life without it and, lately, it intrudes on...
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Playing some of the sports doesn’t require a lot of money. It requires just some… will. Why you decide to play a sport is your choice: maybe seeing someone with a six-pack ab makes you jealous, or maybe not being able to fit into your old jeans that...
Stay healthy | 2015
Colon cancer is one of the modern male diseases associated with a man who eats on the go, is not active enough and overwhelmed by daily stress. Moreover, many of us do not consider having regular medical examinations and tests such as a colonoscopy, for...
Stay healthy | 2015
If you ever wondered about the differences between a Private Health Insurance and the European Health Insurance Card, here is a guide that will help you get a clear understanding of what differentiates the two products! The European Insurance Card has...
Stay healthy | 2014
1. Area of Cover Ensure the geographical area of cover you are looking for not only includes the region you are in, but any other you are likely to visit, albeit temporarily, for business or pleasure. The area of cover also defines which medical centres...
Stay healthy | 2014
Attn: His Excellency, the Minister of Health From July 2013 I have been in contact with your office in connection with both your request and that of your Government to build a number of first class and fully equipped hospitals. From your staff I have...
Stay healthy | 2013
It is the short story of Dr.Popescu (fake name) Hereinafter Dr.P. Dr.P works in a public hospital. Sadly, Dr.P is under paid by the state, and to earn the difference he would bare the shame and accept envelopes with some “gratitude” from his...
Stay healthy | 2013
I am referring to the recent news reporting the sad case of the dropping of a patient (Romania TV, Canal D) I could not ignore the chance to use phrases with double meanings that arise from this issue. Nothing could be more symbolic than the dropping of a...
Stay healthy | 2013
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The Ministry of Health, and the CNAS do not have enough money to allow the public hospitals a proper fiscal ending of the year. Or maybe they have, or maybe they don't, or maybe ....just maybe.... During the week, we could follow conflicting messages and...
Stay healthy | 2013
Surprisingly, and unexpectedly, the cold winter days are arriving, and with them also comes the flu. Each and every year we hear of the confusion surrounding the supply of the anti-flu vaccine which, surprise surprise, is once again not available. You ask...
Stay healthy | 2013
I was saddened to hear of the ‘Japanese Strike’, which is due to take place within their healthcare system. Doctors and other medical staff will work “according to the book”. What “book’’, I am wondering? What are the rights and wrongs of a...
Stay healthy | 2013
MediHelp International is willing to commit and manage all their needs As a response to Eureko’s announcement to withdraw from the Romanian market, MediHelp International, the leading private health insurance provider in Central and Eastern Europe,...
Stay healthy | 2013