Life

Health, family and everyday life

HZZO committee backs drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Positive opinion on inclusion of givinostat on the drug list is a major step towards the only therapy that can slow the disease in affected boys.

Mobile clinic

Križevci seek proposals for new mobile clinic routes

Blood group A

Large analysis links blood group A to higher breast cancer risk

OLAF warns about counterfeit products bypassing quality controls

Counterfeit condoms

OLAF uncovers smuggling ring of 200,000 counterfeit condoms

Condoms from China were declared as toys and sold under a well-known brand logo; seized in Romania, Serbia and Spain.

New rules in dental medicine from 1 July

Dental fillings

Amalgam fillings from 1 July only in exceptional cases

The new standard at the expense of the Croatian Health Insurance Institute is glass-ionomer cements. Patients will top up for composite fillings on back teeth.

Heatwaves

Why we are more irritable in the heat: the brain uses energy to cool down

During heatwaves, there is an increase in road rage incidents and emergency department visits for mental health issues; the key is hydration and cooling the body.