Serenity Spas celebrate St Valentine’s Day with special package
Throughout February, couples can enjoy the “Serenity for Two” experience at the Pine Cliffs Resort. Serenity Spa, the award-winning Portuguese luxury spa brand, is preparing to celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day
Portugal has highest incidence of children with cancer in EU
Incidence of cancer generally expected to increase 20% by 2040 The incidence of cancer in Portugal is expected to increase by 20% by 2040, with the country having the highest
Hospital patient, 65, dies days after being assaulted by another patient
Ana Peixoto Veiga was in hospital receiving palliative care Six days after a cancer patient was assaulted by another patient at Braga Hospital, she has died. According to Correio da
Coca Cola products sold in Portugal “free from excessive chlorate”
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has given Portugal the ‘all clear’, following a large-scale recall of products for excessive chlorate content. Earlier this week Coca-Cola’s European bottler in Belgium announced the
A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down…
Ring-a-ring o’ rosies,A pocket full of posies.A-tishoo! A-tishoo!We all fall down Many of you, dear readers, are probably very familiar with this well-known nursery rhyme which has been linked to the Great
Rise in infant mortality “a mirror of Portugal’s health service”
The rise in infant mortality in Portugal has today seen nurses and doctors call for the creation of a working group, pointing out (yet again) that there is “a lack
Portugal’s ‘years of freedom and progress’ haven’t stopped people losing teeth
Increasing number of people ‘don’t go to dentist’ Portugal’s relationship with dentistry has always been an ‘issue’ – but with the perceived progress of recent years, it is fairly shocking
We create our own stressors
In the early 1980s, two of my favourite professors, Professor Richard Lazarus and Professor Susan Folkman from the University of California, Berkeley, worked together to give us The Transactional Theory
New shock within state health system: executive director resigns under cloud
Gandra d’Almeida outed for working two (highly paid) public sector jobs at same time Portugal’s AD government is taking flak this weekend after an investigation by SIC reported that the
Mortality higher than it was during two years of pandemic
Surge of respiratory infections sees various hospitals activate contingency plans The first two weeks of 2025 saw more deaths than during the same period in 2022 and 2023, “years marked