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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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
