Health

Former Bosnian Serb Army soldier Ratko Lavrnic is on trial for killing three civilians and wounding another in the village of Reizovici near Kljuc in 1993.

JPMorgan Chase & Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said he has been diagnosed with throat cancer but that the ailment is curable and he plans to remain actively involved in the largest US bank's business.

The atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as mad cow disease) found in a cattle carcass in Romania does not threat public health; veterinary authorities nevertheless took all the necessary measures, just like in case of classic contagious diseases, National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) President Vladimir Manastireanu told AGER

Russia's federal veterinary and phytosanitary control authority (Rosselkhoznadzor) has banned imports of bovine cattle, beef and by-products from Romania over an outbreak of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, the Russian ITAR-TASS reads.

A recent NGO report has revealed the poor conditions in all of Turkey’s mental disorder hospitals, where patients are forced to bathe altogether, remain isolated for days, tied to their beds and deprived of proper rehabilitation services.

Private medical clinics said on Tuesday that they would stop working with the National Organization for Healthcare Provision (EOPYY) from Thursday due to a dispute over charges.

The association representing the clinics said it would appeal EOPYY’s decision to demand rebates and to enforce a clawback policy.

Bulgaria's Emergency Care Units have declared a symbolic permanent protest as of Monday.

The National Association of Emergency care workers issued a protest declaration against the assaults on doctors, the violation of the right of way of ambulances and the lack of measures to ensure their safety, Bulgaria's Nova Tv reports.

Problems of Serbs in sex

Urologists estimate that between 30 and 50 percent of men in Serbia suffer from erectile dysfunction.

Erectile dysfunction is the chief, most frequent and absolutely curable problem in men.

Statistics show that about 600,000 young Romanians aged between 15 and 34 years old have consumed illicit drugs at least once in their lifetime and over 300 of them died due to drug use over the past ten years, according to the message of Director of the National Anti-drug Agency (ANA), Sorin Oprea, on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

In the next 10 years Bulgaria's SPA and rehabilitation centers expect between 3 and 5 M elderly European tourists, said Dimitar Blagov of the Medical Tourism cluster.