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EU commissioner notes progress in anti-Ebola efforts in Africa
Progress has been made in the efforts to mitigate the Ebola epidemic in Africa, but more instruments and doctors will be needed to contain the spread of the virus in more remote regions, says the European Union‘s (EU) Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of Lithuania. […]
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7 of 10 Lithuanians avoid health check-ups
Most Lithuanians (68.5 percent) go to see a doctor only when they are seriously ill. 68 percent of people aged 15-19, 70 percent aged 30-39, and 61 percent aged 60-74 said they have a doctor’s appointment only if seriously ill. The data comes from TNS Atlas survey carried out by market research company TNS LT. […]
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Lithuania bans energy drinks sale to minors
A ban on sale of energy drinks to minors comes into effect in Lithuania on Saturday, making it the first country in Europe to introduce such a ban. […]
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Lithuanian Healthcare Ministry may be granted access to confidential patients’ data
The Lithuanian Government has approved the amendments to the Law on Public Health Monitoring that have been proposed by the Ministry of Healthcare. If the proposal finds support at the Seimas, the Ministry of Healthcare as well as its subordinate institutions will be authorised to process patients’ personal data for statistical purposes. […]
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Lithuanians and Americans to open new cancer hospital in Vilnius
On Tuesday, 7 October, the GK Klinika Group, a private health care company, announced that was partnering with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre (UPMC) to develop and co-manage a new 100-bed cancer hospital in Vilnius, scheduled to open in 2017. GK Klinika will fund the hospital completely with private funds. […]
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Lithuania’s EC nominee Andriukaitis tells EP he will seek to attract more investment in health
Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Lithuanian nominee for the health and food safety portfolio in the new European Commission, says that as a commissioner he will encourage the EU’s most powerful member states to invest more in health and will work on the tobacco and cross-border healthcare directives and GMO regulation. […]
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Lithuania considers legalizing medical abortion
Lithuania’s Health Ministry has drafted a new bill on termination of pregnancy, which suggests allowing medication-induced abortion. […]
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Lithuanian epidemiologist says no need for Ebola panic
There’s no need for panic over the threat of Ebola virus as the risk of contraction exists, but it is not big, says Galina Zagrebnevienė, head of the Centre For Communicable Diseases and AIDS’ Epidemiological Surveillance Division. […]