This means that girls aged between 15 and 18 would be able to access an abortion through the health services without the involvement of their parents or guardians. After a number of specialists told newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad they believed Denmark’s minimum age for abortion should be reduced, the Conservatives said they agree. Banner ad “My initial stance is that that we have a sexual age of consent of 15 years and that of course involves being able to get pregnant,” party health spokesperson Per Larsen said. “And 15-year-olds also have the option of using contraception – the contracep ..read more

From 2002 to 2021, a newborn’s life expectancy in the European Union (EU) increased by 2.5 years – from 77.6 to 80.1 years. In the same period, the life expectancy for a newborn in Denmark increased by 4.4 years – from 77.1 to 81.5 years. Banner ad Among the 34 European countries, only Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein have had a greater increase in life expectancy than Denmark in the period. “Danes’ life expectancy has increased significantly in recent decades and, therefore, more than that of most other Europeans. The development is linked to a number of factors – includi ..read more

The agreement means an upper limit will be placed on the price paid by users of the health system subsidy-eligible prescription medicine, as well as for medicines used at hospitals. The deal is a two-year extension of an existing arrangement. Its purpose is to ensure medicine prices are predictable as well as to contain rising prices due to inflation. Banner ad Specifically, the hospital medicine aspect of the agreement means that medicines at hospitals will become 2.2 percent cheaper from January 1st next year. The limit will run until the end of 2024. For subsidy-eligible prescriptions ..read more

Five kindergartens and public playgrounds on Funen and five kindergartens and public playgrounds in Southern Jutland are to be tested for presence of the chemical, the South Denmark regional health authority said in a statement on Thursday. The locations are to be tested because the authority does not know with certainty that they are not contaminated with PFAS, the health authority said. Banner ad “I want to stress that the Region does not expect in advance that PFAS chemicals will be found in the ground in amounts that can constitute a risk to children,” Poul Erik Jensen, head of the R ..read more

Danish law requires cancer patients to be operated on within two weeks of the decision to operate being made. Broadcaster DR recently reported that 182 patients had waited too long for an operation at Aarhus University Hospital (AUH). Following DR’s report, a Region Central Jutland survey found that 293 patients had waited for more than the two weeks prescribed by law over the past year. Banner ad Løhde was asked at a briefing on Tuesday whether bowel cancer patients at AUH can now expected to be operated on within two weeks. “In reality, that should have happened the entire time. I can ..read more

The Central Jutland health authority, which administrates the hospital in Aarhus, gave the figure in a review it released on Thursday. The admission from the regional health board comes after broadcaster DR had reported that 182 patients with serious bowel cancer had waited too long for an operation at Aarhus University Hospital (AUH). Banner ad The period covered by DR’s reporting is May to December 2022, while the figure from Region Central Jutland is for January 2022 until February 2023. Danish law requires cancer patients to be operated on within two weeks of the decision to operate ..read more

The wild garlic (ramsløg in Danish) season, which lasts from March until June, is set to arrive with early spring in Denmark. It is not uncommon for people in the Nordic country to pick the plant in the wild and use it for cooking, for example as an alternative to regular garlic or onion. Care should be taken not to confuse the plant with its poisonous doppelgänger, the lily-of-the-valley (liljekonval), the Danish Veterinary and Food Safety Administration (Fødevarstyrelsen) said in a statement. Banner ad An advice line operated by the food safety agency, Giftlinjen, regularly receives ca ..read more

At one point in May 2020, Sweden had the highest Covid-19 death rate in the world, spurring newspapers like the New York Times and Time Magazine to present the country as a cautionary tale, a warning of how much more Covid-19 could ravage populations if strict enough measures were not applied.  “Per million people, Sweden has suffered 40 percent more deaths than the United States, 12 times more than Norway, seven times more than Finland and six times more than Denmark,” the New York Times reported in July 2020.  Manual widget for ML (class=”ml-manual-widget-container”) An article in ..read more

Many foreign citizens living in Denmark put off dental care—with the sky-high cost of living, it’s not unreasonable to expect an eye-popping bill from a Danish dentist. But routine preventative care—like a yearly exam and tooth cleaning—could set you back less here than in your home country. And fortunately, the prices for many common services are regulated by the government. Banner ad Dental care for children and young adults (under 21) A trip to the dentist is free for kids with a Danish health card. By the age of 2, children in Denmark are automatically enrolled in the municipal denta ..read more

There is no longer cause to class Covid-19 as being “dangerous to public health” or an alment farlig sygdom, the Danish Health Authority said in a statement. Under Denmark’s Epidemic Law, the government can introduce certain public restrictions in response to illnesses considered a danger to public health. These include asking individuals to isolate or sharing personal information between different authorities. Banner ad This will no longer be valid when the classification expires from April 1st. Danish Health Authority director Søren Brostrøm said the decision reflected that “the diseas ..read more