http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Three people have died in Romania and Macedonia after being infected with the H1N1 influenza strain known as swine flu, the two countries' health ministries said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-swine-flu-central-europe.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:21:55 EST news278248905 Most strikingly, the study finds that in several countries in western Europe there are too few radiotherapy machines to ensure that cancer patients in need of radiotherapy receive treatment. For instance, in Italy around 16% of need is unmet, in Portugal 19%, Austria 20%, and the UK and Germany 21%. However, the authors caution that these apparent gaps in treatment supply may be compensated by more efficient organisation of radiotherapy provision. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-reveals-gaps-availability-radiotherapy-europe.html Cancer Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:30:03 EST news278184131 (AP)—A Dutch academic hospital is taking the lead in a major international investigation into the illegal trafficking in human organs for transplants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dutch-hospital-trafficking-probe.html Other Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:50:34 EST news272181020 (AP) -- More than 650 people have died during a record-breaking cold snap in Eastern Europe, authorities said Wednesday, as officials in the Czech Republic blamed two massive car crashes on blinding snow. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-cold-snap-eastern-europe.html Health Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:46:38 EST news248521589 British women and Maltese men topped European obesity rates according to data released Thursday that also undermined popular belief that all French women are thin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-british-women-obesity-french-arent.html Health Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:24:44 EST news241341872