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Cancer survivor. Photo: Envato Elements
Slovenia has become only the seventh EU country to put in place right-to-be-forgotten legislation that ends discrimination of cancer survivors and those living with hepatitis C or HIV when they apply for life insurance or a mortgage.
Such persons have the right not to have their medical history con
UKC Ljubljana officials present a new breakthrough treatment for arrhythmia. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
Slovenia's largest hospital has introduced a new breakthrough method of treating heart rhythm problems or arrhythmia using electroporation. The new procedure treats atrial fibrillation, the most common form of persistent abnormal heartbeat.
The Department of Cardiology at the UKC Ljubljana medical
A surgeon holds a heart model. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA
The Celje General Hospital has joined UKC Ljubljana and UKC Maribor as the third Slovenian hospital to have a cardiac surgery department. The surgical team led by Tomislav Klokočovnik plans to perform 100 open-heart surgeries a year and 50 by the end of this year.
The open-heart surgery programme w
Medical staff. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
Slovenia may soon ban doctors employed in public health institutions from working for private providers in the self-pay market, and seriously curb after-hours they put in for private practices included in public healthcare under a highly divisive reform bill that has further deepened the conflict b
Roman Jerala, a researcher at the Institute of Chemistry. Photo: Manca Ahčin/STA
Roman Jerala, a researcher at the Institute of Chemistry, has won his second advanced grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for a €2.5 million project that aims to develop new ways of regulating proteins that could be used for therapeutic purposes such as cancer immunotherapy.
Jerala, head
An injured child in Gaza. Photo: Xinhua/STA
Slovenia will receive eight to ten injured children from Gaza for health and psychosocial rehabilitation as part of a project supported by the Foreign Ministry.
The children will receive intensive treatment, including surgeries, rehabilitation, prosthetics and other medical equipment. They will be
An installation of slippers to commemorate those who committed suicide. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
Slovenia's suicide rate dropped to 16.96 per 100,000 people last year, the lowest level in a decade. The rate fluctuated in 2014-2023 but on the whole it trended downwards, show official data released ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day, observed on 10 September.
"The data is certainly encouragin
Secondary school students tour the Planica Nordic Centre laboratory, which specialises in human physiology and medicine in space or extreme conditions. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Planica centre hidden world of space technology

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Nestled in an Alpine valley in northwestern Slovenia, the Planica Nordic Centre is not only a place famous for ski jumping but also a scientific hub where researchers study human physiology and medicine in space and extreme environmental conditions.
As secondary school students participating in a U
Barbara Breznik, head of the Cancer Biology Group at the National Institute of Biology. Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Research offers new hope for glioblastoma treatment

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Researchers at the National Institute of Biology are exploring new avenues for more effective treatment of glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. They have discovered different biomarkers that could be used as drug targets in the future.
In Slovenia, approximately 100 patients are
Mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus infections confirmed in Slovenia. Photo: Xinhua/STA
Three people have been infected with the West Nile virus in Slovenia in what are the first cases of the disease in the country since 2018. The National Institute of Public Heath (NIJZ) said all three cases of the mosquito-transmitted disease were reported in the north-east of the country.
After NIJ
Medical organisations submit signatures to amend the criminal code by defining a criminal act of assault on heaalth workers. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA
Slovenian health workers have been raising the alarm about an increasing number of violent incidents they face at work. They have now put forward a legislative proposal to amend the criminal code with a new criminal offence of assault on a health worker.
The Medical Chamber, the Chamber of Pharmac
Jure Bornšek, head of the Slovenian Olympic physiotherapy team, treats judoka Andreja Leški. Photo: Jakob Pintar/STA
Slovenian athletes will travel to the Paris Olympics with a medical team that will provide them with quality care to ensure they are in the best possible shape. They are confident the Games may well be one of the more successful.
Slovenians will be cheering on a record 90 Slovenian athletes at this