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Referrals will not be necessary for preventive routine examinations starting 2016 Employees are granted one day paid leave every year to undergo preventive medical examinations. The Health Minister Petar Moskov has already held talks with his colleague Ivaylo Kalfin to allow such a change to the Labour Code. This practice exists in all civilized countries […]

At the press conference some days ago the Minister of Health Dr. Peter Moskov stated that at that time the valuation of clinical pathways was like a cat in a bag – no one knew what was in it. He noted that it was unclear how the prices on pathways were formed and what they […]

The first health reforms initiated by the government are already happening. With the support of the deputies from the parties Patriotic Front and Alternative for Bulgarian Revival last week were adopted conclusive amendments to the Health Insurance Act, which significantly modify the current system of healthcare. Some of them were met with extreme distrust by […]

Metformin is the most commonly used anti-diabetic medicine worldwide. It is generally recognized by experts as the first choice diabetic glucose-lowering drug for glycemic diabetes type 2 (DT2) control – the preferred tool for starting pharmacotherapy according to the international guidelines (the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, the American Diabetes Association and the […]

Seemingly healthy skin can contain billions of precancerous cells Mutant cells, capable of causing lethal forms of cancer, hide in the body for years, warn British experts, quoted by the “Daily Express”. The authors of the study from Cambridge University and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute found that seemingly healthy and normal functioning skin can […]