Health & Lifestyle

New water samples are being taken today in Nousiainen, southwest Finland, after hundreds of people were hit with stomach problems. Polluted tap water is suspected to be behind the residents’ health troubles. STT Finnish News Agency contacted local residents via a…

The sale of organic food products in Finland is growing rapidly, according to the Finnish Organic Food Association Pro Luomu. The organisation says that more than one million Finns buy organic products each week, and the market share has risen…

There were very few people killed in Finland in waterborne accidents this year, according to the Traffic Safety Agency Trafi. According to preliminary statistics, up to the end of August there had been 22 fatalities. In the same period last…

The government submitted its new alcohol legislation proposals to parliament today. But there might not be a vote until November. In the proposal, the maximum alcohol strength of drinks sold in supermarkets will be raised to 5.5%. This applies to…

Expediency, patient volume, computer system problems, education, tradition and lack of information. These are factors that help doctors in Finland prescribe exceptionally high addictive pain medication. Most common are combinations of paracetamol and codeine, used for example after accidents and operations,…

A measles outbreak in east Finland can be considered over, according to medical authorities in Sosteri District of eastern Finland. "Taking into account the time taken by known cases and the incubation times of measles, there is little chance that…

While Finns are getting fatter, there are still too few surgeries carried out each year to combat the growing obesity epidemic, according to experts Every year, around one thousand people have surgery for obesity problems in Finland, but doctors say…