Health care

Romania will have the lowest price in Europe for medicine, following a 20 per cent cut for all medicine products, planned to take place starting from July, according to Health Minister Nicolae Banicioiu. The move follows the allignment of local pricing legislation with European Union norms.

Tabloids are abuzz with guesswork on whether or not Kate Winslet underwent plastic surgery. The reason? 18 months after the birth of her third child, she appeared without blemishes and has obviously lost some weight.

It sounds like the plot from a 1950s B-movie, but Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero’s desire is sincere: He wants to perform the first human head transplant. Canavero pitched the idea to potential donors and scientists at a conference of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons in Annapolis, Maryland, Friday, Agence France-Presse reported.

According to the Guardian, German and US-trained pediatrician Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, finally received her PhD on Tuesday almost 80 years after the Nazi regime denied her the right to defend her dissertation because her mother was a Jew.
She was handed her PhD certificate during a celebratory ceremony at the University of Hamburg, according to the newspaper.

The trial of a 22-year-old nursing student who allegedly stabbed three fellow students in April has been adjourned to March next year.

The 22-year-old, who is facing charges of grievous bodily harm, alleged in her initial deposition that she had been a victim of bullying at the nursing school, which is operated by Greece?s Manpower Organization (OAED).

Pharmacies in Athens will be closed on Wednesday in protest at the government?s plans to allow non-prescription drugs to be sold in other stores.

The measure was included in the proposals sent by the current coalition to is lenders last week. The previous government had also been poised to adopt the reform but met with resistance from pharmacists.

Four officials and five owners and employees of pharmacies accused of stealing 56 million leks (400,000 euro) have been arrested in recent days as the Albanian government faces its biggest corruption scandal since it came to power 18 months ago.

Two similar cases involving suspected fraud of several million euros are also currently under investigation.

Artist in residence Hugh Turvey, at the British Institute of Radiology, created digitally altered X-Ray imagery of humans in every-day poses. Through said X-Ray techniques, colorization, and shadow photography, he was able to depict the “weird” habits we, as humans have.

By Debbie D E Papadakis

The latest pics of Brazilian beauty Alessandra Ambrosio where she sports a richer cleavage than before are making the rounds on the Internet. The 34 year-old is now a tabloid fav’ since she seems to have enlarged her breasts with plastic surgery in order to extend her Victoria’s Secret contract.