Health

Lithuania’s parliament has adopted amendments to the Law on Alcohol Control which will prohibit advertising alcoholic beverage price reductions.

New data shows that Lithuanian men's life expectancy is the shortest in the European Union at 68 years of age on average and scientists are investigating what the key causes could be behind this.

Kai per „Oscarų“ apdovanojimų teikimo ceremoniją aktorė Jennifer Lawrence pademonstravo neįtikėtinai dailias kūno linijas, ja žavėjosi visi, o ypač jos buvęs treneris Daltonas Wongas, rašo Harpersbazaar.com. Jiedu susipažino prieš penkerius metus filmo „Iksmenai: pirma klasė“ filmavimo aikštelėje. D...

Lithuania has appeared on top of a list called the fattest post-Soviet people announced on Monday morning by Radio Liberty.

Lithuania's new Healthcare Minister Juras Požėla says that while patients should not be made to pay for services at the country's public healthcare institutions, global trends point to health services growing more expensive in the future.

Sex reassignment surgery is as yet unavailable in Lithuania but the necessary legislation to allow the procedure is on its way.

Ketvirtadienį Europoje jautėsi slogios investuotojų nuotaikos. Vokietijos DAX indekso vertė susitraukė -0,91 proc., o likvidžiausių bendrovių indeksas Stoxx Europe 600 mažėjo -0,09 proc.

Geoterma, a Lithuanian company, has received permission to use geothermal water from a underground well in Klaipėda for the first time for health purposes.

A number of quality control and labelling violations have been detected in imported Polish dairy products, according to Lithuania’s State Food and Veterinary Service.

New research shows that Lithuania is not the third most alcohol consuming country in the world as the World Health Organization figures claim.

Institute of Biochemistry scientists at Vilnius University together with the company Sentiero Baltic and Ukrainian partners are developing a unique technology for the diagnosis of kidney diseases.

A medical team at Santariškės Hospital for the first time identified and operated on a very rare tumour which was found in a 25 year-old patient. There have been only a few such cases in the world.

Asmeninis treneris Adonis Hillas priaugo daugiau nei trisdešimt kilogramų, kad galėtų lieknėti kartu su savo kliente, rašo britų dienraštis „The Sun“. 35 m. treneris iš Bruklino, Niujorko (JAV) puikiai žino, ką reiškia kovoti su atliekamais kilogramais – anksčiau jis turėjo antsvorio.

Flu epidemic in Lithuania will peak this week, public health officials say.

Lietuvoje įprasta išreikšti savo nuomonę apie opiausias ir daugeliui skaudžias problemas. Dažnai tokie, net ir žinomų žmonių, kurių nuomonė daro didelę įtaką visuomenei, pasisakymai būna pagrįsti tik asmenine nuomone, nuogirdomis, mitais, o ne moksliniais įrodymais.

Most Americans believe they eat healthy when in fact they don't, says a dietician from Lithuania who is teaching Alaskans how to make a proper fish soup.

Flu continues to spread in Lithuania with 16 municipalities out of 60 having declared epidemics. One death from flu-related complications was reported on Monday.

In 2015, 157 new HIV cases - 115 men and 42 women, were recorded in Lithuania by the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS.

World-renowned neurosurgeon, scientist and entrepreneur Professor Teodoro Forcht Dagi believes that Lithuania can become an innovative economy on a level with other Western European countries if the relationship between science and business is strengthened and promoted by the state.