Portugal’s Aids cases down, but still worrying
The number of Aids cases in Portugal dropped significantly in 2013, but the prevalence of the disease is still high in European terms, Health Minister Paulo Macedo told a conference
Opta Dão white
It’s not often that I write about wines priced lower than €5; the reason being that although there are many perfectly palatable wines here in Portugal in the lower price
Feel the pulse
If you’re a vegetarian please don’t bother reading this as I’m sure that with the pleasures of meat and fish excluded from your diet, you at least appreciate the difference
Rio 2
April 3, 2014 Directed by: Carlos Saldanha; Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement; Gender: Animation | Adventure | Comedy; Age: + 6; Time: 100 min It’s a jungle out
Divergent
April 3, 2014 Directed by: Neil Burger; Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet; Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi; Age: + 12; Time: 120 min Thrilling action-adventure film set
The top socially-accepted drug
|| Part 1 Thousands of substances which are defined as ‘drugs’ are used every day, and many of them in enormous quantities. A socially-accepted drug is described as a chemical
Nurse power
New Ministry of Health plans aim to see a “broadening of the current competencies of nurses” as another way of reducing costs in state hospitals. President of the association of
170 ‘avoidable deaths’ in hospital surgeries every year
As many as 346 patients die in surgeries every year – and half this number could be avoided. The shock findings came in a preliminary report issued by the Portuguese
Ancient angiographs
Half the angiographs used in Portugal’s hospitals are past their ‘sell-by’ dates. According to a new report on large-scale hospital equipment, 22 of the country’s 44 angiographs are over 10
Hospital “victory” opens new can of worms
On paper, it’s a “victory”. Socialists fighting the transfer of services from Portimão hospital to Faro have won a court ruling that effectively bars health chiefs from any further streamlining.