http://xpatloop.com/http://www.xpatloop.com/images/cms/xs_logo.gifhttp://xpatloop.com/health_and_wellnessXpatloop.com - Expat Life In Budapest, Hungary - Health and Wellness© XpatLoop.com 2007en-ENinfo@xpatloop.comMabel Katz is coming to Budapest presenting The Secret Beyond „The Secret” - The Hawaiian Art of Problem Solving (Ho’oponopono). Solve your problems and take tho road to love, happiness, wealth and the life of your dreams.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69285Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT"Based on a recent economic survey 85% of the Hungarians enjoy drinking tap water. At least 75% of all adults participating in the survey, carried out by order of the Hungarian Public Water Association (MAVIZ) claim to “love” the quality of their water.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69145Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:10:00 GMT"One of the largest baths complexes in Europe, in the City Park (Városliget) situated in the outstanding building of Széchenyi Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool (Széchenyi Gyógyfürdő és Uszoda). This unique baths provides its visitors with miscellaneous services in an extraordinary environment in the heart of Budapest.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68798Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT"If you want your children to be clever feed them fish. If you want them to be really clever, feed them fish while they are still in the womb. Children are likely to have greater brainpower if their mothers consumed fish during pregnancy, an EU-funded study released yesterday has found."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69125Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT"The government will give preference to medical students in allocating funds to cover tuition fees, according to data released by Education state secretary Rózsa Hoffmann. Only 100 law students will be funded by the state in September, down from 800 last year, and 250 in economics, down from 4,900 last year.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69085Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:33:00 GMT"Smoking will be banned in all enclosed spaces in Hungary including offices, restaurants and pubs from January 1, 2012, after Parliament amended the Protection of Non-smokers Act with 271 affirmative votes, 37 dissensions and 14 abstentions.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/66963Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:03:00 GMT"Prime Minister Viktor Orban has instructed Administration Minister Tibor Navracsics and National Resources Minister Miklos Rethelyi to draw up an action plan to cope with the potential mass resignation of medical staff on January 1.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69047Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT"Sleep, we all love it, especially when you wake up from a great night's sleep. In the past, sleep was often ignored by doctors and surrounded by myths, but now we are beginning to understand the importance of sleep to overall health and well-being. In fact, when people get less than 6 or 7 hours of sleep each night, their risk for developing diseases begins to increase."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69040Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT"Hungary's health-care system could face serious staffing problems in a few days, as more than 2,500 medical professionals have said they are set to quit their jobs on Jan. 1 if they aren't granted higher salaries."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69021Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT"Hungary’s health care system may be facing serious staffing issues in a few days, with over 2,500 medical professionals set to quit their jobs on Jan. 1 amid salary demands. Health care workers are demanding higher pay, saying the current level is insufficient to make a living."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68994Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT"The Ft 2 billion expansion of the lido and spa complex in Gyula, Békés county will commence next spring and is expected to be completed by May 2013, financed partially from EU funds, state news agency MTI reported.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68916Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT"Istvan Eger, head of the Hungarian Medical Chamber, said a similar situation could soon arise in his country and asked doctors to refrain from going to work in Slovakia out of solidarity for striking peers. Meanwhile, the Hungarian Trainee Doctors Federation is collecting letters of resignation from members to submit to the government on 31 December if the situation does not improve."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68864Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT"The health state secretariat has prepared a national AIDS strategy intended to reduce the number of sexually contracted HIV cases by 25% by 2015, state secretary Miklos Szocska told reporters last week. Other goals are to cut the incidence of AIDS by a minimum of 20% and that of deaths by 20%.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68837Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT"Hungarians infected with HIV - an overall 2,075 registered cases - face discrimination in a number of situations, the Society for Civil Liberties (TASZ) said in a statement sent to MTI on Thursday, World AIDS Day.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68823Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:02:00 GMT"Health state secretary Miklós Szócska yesterday asked the National Ambulance Service to beef up emergency services along the border with Slovakia following his telephone conversation with Slovak Health Minister Ivan Uhliarik.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68815Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT"The HIV epidemic is still not under control, according to a new surveillance report issued today. Over 118 000 cases of HIV were diagnosed in Europe in 2010, according to new data from 51 of the 53 of Member States in the WHO European Region, which were released today by WHO/Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Over three quarters of newly reported infections were from the eastern part of the Region.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68808Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:03:00 GMT"Hungarian and Czech authorities confirmed on Tuesday that they will assist Slovak health authorities during a threatened strike by doctors in that country. Slovak Health Minister Ivan Uhliarik appealed to his Hungarian counterpart Miklós Szócska for help.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68793Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:30:00 GMT"Hungarian police are investigating 70 suspicious deaths at a Budapest hospital following claims that patients were given lethal drug overdoses. Police took files and interviewed doctors and nurses at the hospital as part of the probe into the activities of medical staff at its ear, nose and throat department."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68805Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:00:00 GMT"Budapest Police on Tuesday announced an investigation into nearly 70 suspicious deaths at a Budapest hospital during 2005-07. The investigation is based on a report filed by a former employee of the Uzsoki utca hospital in Budapest’s 14th District, according to Magyar Hírlap.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68746Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT"Night of Baths is coming to its 4th event on 19th November, 2011 - this time organized by 4 BRO HUNGARY Kft. in cooperation with Budapest Gyógyfürdői Zrt. Known as one of the most popular party organizer crew in Hungary, 4BRO offers night bathers a unique line-up for this event. Thanks to its strategic partner, one of the main sponsors of the event, BURN energy drinks.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68664Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT