A study of wastewater will take place in Madeira with a view to detecting drugs and new psychoactive substances. The Department of Criminal Investigation of Madeira will lead the study and will host the first meeting of the project with its partner entities on the 6th of June at 12:30.…
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The Madeira Senior Dance Association, formally designated Associação Exemplos Wises, will hold its International Festival on the 5th of June, from 10:30, at the Praça do Povos, Funchal. This annual event is a moment of celebration and sharing, bringing together elderly people from all over the island of Madeira who…
Reports indicate that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is increasing in certain regions of the world, with the positivity rate of Covid-19 tests reaching July 2024 levels, stated the World Health Organization (WHO) today. “In a global context, this increase is observed mainly in countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and…
The Municipality of Funchal (CMF), in connection with municipal markets, has created a diverse range of initiatives and events. Therefore, the CMF is promoting Heart Week, from the 19th to the 23rd of May at the Municipal Markets of Lavradores and Penteada. With this initiative, it is intended to alert…
Health regulators, drug regulators, and the Food and Economic Safety Authority warned today that the diagnosis of hearing loss and the placement of devices must be carried out by health professionals and accredited entities. In a joint press statement, the National Medicines Authority (Infarmed), the Health Regulatory Authority (ERS), and…
The Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) has released for the Autonomous Region of Madeira (RAM), information on the causes of death in 2022, by municipality, age group, and sex. According to the data available, in 2022, there were 3,104 deaths of residents in the Autonomous Region of Madeira,…
The 25-day breakdown of the Radiation equipment in the Oncology Clinic of Madeira has left dozens of cancer patients waiting for radiotherapy treatments, warned PatrĂcia SpĂnola, from the JPP. In a statement, the deputy considers it inadmissible to use the technical maintenance procedures, which take time, as an excuse not…
The Pestana Hotel Group and the Social and Parish Centre of SĂŁo Bento will seal, this Wednesday, the 30th of April, a partnership that will allow for the expansion of the institution’s Alzheimer’s Unit. A press release states: “The signing takes place at the facilities of the Social and Parish…
The Oncology Service of the Regional Health Service of the Region (SESARAM) has achieved a significant advance in the field of clinical research through the inclusion of the first national cancer patient in the international clinical trial ‘TROFUSE 007.’ A study dedicated to new therapeutic approaches in the treatment of…
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) is looking for 150 volunteers for a new clinical trial to evaluate the impact of seaweed intake on reducing cardiovascular risk. “The results of the research may pave the way for new forms of intervention to reduce cardiovascular risk by…
The Walk for Life will take place on the 29th of March, starting at the Sá Carneiro Roundabout, at the beginning of Avenida do Mar, at 15:00. The event, which has been held annually since 2012, defends the dignity of life from conception to natural death, bringing together participants of…
According to a report eight people were diagnosed with leprosy in Portugal between 2023 and 2024, after laboratory confirmation by the National Institute of Health Ricardo Jorge (INSA). The data contained in the INSA report on INSA tuberculosis laboratory surveillance, prepared by the infectious diseases department, adds that laboratory tests…
The Madeira Force Coalition expressed its indignation at the number of people who are recorded as ‘problematic discharge cases.’ The figures were released today by the clinical director of SESARAM. Currently, SESARAM has 321 people who cannot be discharged occupying beds in the adult wards. Of these, 251 are in…
The BE candidacy was today in Porto Santo, where they lamented that the President of Madeira had stopped all work on the new health unit. According to Roberto Almada, Miguel Albuquerque “ordered that work on the unit stop as a form of revenge for his fall from grace.” “The truth…
After the first years of activity, the services of the Home Hospitalisation Unit allowed approximately three hundred users to be treated at home. Maria da Luz BrazĂŁo, who coordinates this unit, expressed satisfaction with the balance and revealed that, with an average treatment time of eight days, they have managed…