Tag: Nausea
Health insurance company concerned by stampede for Novo Nordisk’s new weight loss medicine
Sygeforsikringen Danmark is reconsidering its position on reimbursement to customers who take a prescription for the Novo Nordisk drug Wegovy, an expensive weight loss drug that was launched at the end of last year. In January alone, 16,593 people in Denmark received a prescription for Wegovy – and a great many Sygeforsikringen Danmark customers were […]
Several cases of food poisoning caused by oysters have been confirmed in Helsinki
The food safety unit asks everyone who has eaten oysters at Fisken på Disken, Restaurant Natura, Restaurant Gillet, The Cock, Restaurant Meripaviljonki and at the Pop-up event at Restaurant Sake bar & Izakaya in February 2023 and became ill from the meal, to contact the food safety unit. Illnesses can also be related to other […]
A dangerous opioid trend is developing in Denmark
One drug leads to another, youngsters used to be warned: it’s a slippery slope. It all starts with weed, and then inevitably the harder drugs follow. The idea was to expose them to smoking a spliff, but it rarely worked. But now school enforcers have to change their pattern, as kids aged 14-17 are skipping […]
The situation in the schools of the capital region is worrying, the police tell HS
The police quite often get tips about possible drug dealing in schools, but the raid was carried out based on exceptionally solid information, he told the newspaper. The police, he emphasized, rarely decide to raid a school with barking dogs and do so only after careful consideration. “If we suspect there are drugs in a […]
Low to moderate stress is good for health: Research
There is a caveat, however, the researchers said. The findings are related to low to moderate stress. When your stress levels go beyond moderate and become constant, that stress becomes toxic. “The bad consequences of stress are pretty clear and not new,” said Assaf Oshrilead author of the study and assistant professor in the College […]
Alone in the face of cancer: Immigration sensitively rejects caring son’s visa application
A woman with limited vision has been denied visitation by her children as she battles life-threatening cervical cancer. Based overseas, they may be denied a chance to see their mother before it’s too late. Spread to lymph nodesSamia Farhat, who is in her 50s, moved to Denmark in 2013 from Lebanon. She was diagnosed with […]
Veterinarians warn dog owners about the risk of poisoning by poisonous mushrooms
In Helsinki University Veterinary Medicine, dogs that have eaten poisonous mushrooms are treated every autumn. That’s why dog owners should seek veterinary advice as soon as possible if they see their pet eating a mushroom they don’t know is edible. Sanna Viitanenhead veterinarian at the hospital. Viitanen further advised the owners to pick possible parts […]
The activity of ticks is increasing in the south, fading after Midsummer in the Oulu region
During the spring and early summer, more than 36,000 tick observations have been reported to the University of Turku. Punkkilive website. These point to particularly high concentrations of parasitic spiders on the south coast, as well as many observations from the Oulu region. "The predominant species in Oulu is taiga, which makes up about 98 […]
Sweden reports 9 cases of unexplained acute hepatitis in children
STOCKHOLM, May 10 (Xinhua) – Nine children in Sweden have fallen ill with suspected acute hepatitis without any obvious cause, the country’s public health authority said on Tuesday. “It is very unusual, but it happens that a child suffers from acute hepatitis with an unknown cause. The public health authority is investigating whether the cases […]
Performance Review: Wagner’s ‘Die Walküre’ is frighteningly, indulgently epic
After a break of almost ten years, the iconic work of the German opera legend Richard Wagner is back on Danish soil. ‘Die Walküre’ (The Valkyrie) – an episode from Wagner’s greatest work ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ (The Cycle of the Ring), based on the trials and tribulations of the Nordic gods and warring mortals […]
High blood pressure – our deadliest disease
There is really only one way to take it already if you have high blood pressure or not. You have to take a test. You can go with a life-threatening condition without knowing it as the symptoms do not have to be very serious. It can be about blurred vision, mild nausea and other things […]
Two new Covid vaccines arrived in Finland this year
Two new Covid-19 vaccines are expected to hit the European and Finnish markets this year. They are considered to be more traditional than their mRNA counterparts, which are already widely used. On December 20, the European Commission approved one of the expected new vaccines, Nuvaxovid, manufactured by the US biotechnology company Novavax. It was conditionally […]
Outgoing healthcare in Copenhagen
Massage and beauty services have been around for quite some time. If you need or want one, you can now choose from several therapeutic methods, each with its own set of pressures, movements and procedures. The health benefits of massage are becoming more and more recognized, especially among the new generation. They can choose from […]
Dad fiddled with gas stove – the whole family hospitalized
– The family house is being rebuilt, and last night those who were cold thought so the danger goes down to adjust the lighthouse. When they woke up this morning, they all had headaches, dizziness and nausea, says David Eckert. The family called 112, after which the police, fire brigade and ambulance people moved out. […]
On screens for May: Lean on time, epic by no means: Lawrence of Arabia is of a dying race
Usually when the Oscars come around, you’ve seen at least half of them. And it’s usually in late February. But this time, at the end of April, we had to take the academy’s word for it that its favorite list was good. Beyond Mank and The Trial of Chicago 7, both of which were released […]
Nausea and convulsions after gas poisoning at the site of the eruption
“I just had to throw up. I was lying on the ground and there was nothing I could do. After the greatest nausea passed, I felt very cold, I was trembling and my muscles cramped, I couldn’t get up “ – says Thelma Dórey Pálmadóttir, a 14-year-old girl who went to the eruption site with […]
Sweden to open more clinics to cope with patients with long COVID
STOCKHOLM, April 2 (Xinhua) – Sweden is opening more clinics to cope with the increasing number of long-term COVID patients, Swedish TV (SVT) reported on Friday. Karolinska University Hospital will soon open a second clinic in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, which specializes in the treatment of long-term COVID patients and researches the pandemic. The first […]
Can the vaccination after-effects be any worse than the fallout of the virus itself?
This article is personal because that’s how big the coronavirus has become: it’s personal to all of us. By now, we don’t need the media to tell us how serious this is. Let me explain. I was talking to a friend who lives in a country that I won’t mention the name of … because […]
Marketing authorization of Covid-19 vaccines in Iceland
The Janssen vaccine (of which Johnson & Johnson is parent company) has obtained a conditional marketing authorization in Iceland. The European Medicines Agency recommended its conditional marketing authorization, which was confirmed by the European Commission. It is the fourth COVID-19 vaccine approved in Iceland and the rest of Europe. It differs from others in that […]
Alvesta care staff are awaiting vaccination
In Alvesta, several in the care staff want to wait to be vaccinated, after colleagues have had side effects after the injection. The medically responsible nurse Arnold Lennartsson explains that side effects are not serious, but that it is about, for example, fever or nausea for about a day. “One might think that we as […]
26 reports of transient side effects after vaccination
Until Wednesday noon, the Danish Medicines Agency has received 26 reports of suspected side effects of the corona vaccine, which was taken into use on Sunday. These include allergic reactions that are probably due to the vaccine. All cases were temporary and were treated by the staff at the vaccination site, says Acting Head of […]
THL reviews coronavirus guidelines for children and adolescents
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has updated its recommendations for the treatment and testing of children and adolescents with possible Covid-19 symptoms. School-age children and adolescents should be tested immediately for the coronavirus if they have possible, even mild, symptoms, the institute said in new guidelines released Friday. On the other hand, […]
I ❤️ Helsinki
“Where do you come from?” asked a middle-aged man directing me to a nearby post office. “San Francisco,” I replied, and he aroused nostalgia during his week. These vignettes have a point. Finns are usually described as introverts – you know the old joke: a Finnish extrovert looks your shoes during the conversation – and […]
The oldest animal in the Helsinki Zoo dies
The oldest animal in Helsinki’s Korkeasaari Zoo, the sloth Coco calculus (or Coco-lazy), has died at the age of 47. According to a zoo press release, Coco was one of the world’s oldest sloths and the oldest Hoffmann two-toed sloth species in Europe. Born in the Panama Rainforest in 1973, Coco was originally at the […]
From Iceland – rising alcohol consumption due to COVID-19
Alcohol sales have increased during the COVID-19 epidemic and consumption is increasing. According to a Fréttablaðið a report and sales number issued by the State Alcohol and Tobacco Trade, ÁTVR, total sales so far this year are about 14% higher than last year and increased especially in March and April when the first wave of […]
