Charges for seeing doctors and for prescription medicines in Iceland are set to increase on 1st January and the cost of ambulance transport for foreign tourists and those without state medical insurance is also set to increase Read the full story

The number of adults taking amphetamine-like medicine meant for children with ADHD has rocketed in Denmark over the last decade, according to a report. Read the full story

A Finnish court has given police permission to arrest a doctor who they believe has been practising medicine without a proper licence for more than 10 years. Read the full story

It is possible to identify young boys who will become alcoholics in later life, according to a Danish study. Read the full story

Youngsters who contracted narcolepsy in Finland after being inoculated against swine flu are to be compensated by the medical council. Read the full story

Finnish scientists have found a direct link between the swine flu vaccine and an increase in narcolepsy cases in children. Read the full story

A group of Swedish scientists, headed by astronaut Christer Funglesang, took a massive overdose of homeopathic sleeping pills in an attempt to discredit the alternative medicine and have it banned from the country. Read the full story

The use of prescription medication to treat insomnia and anxiety has been steadily increasing among Finns in recent years. Read the full story

An Icelandic-Norwegian team is working to develop new ways of stopping advanced or previously untreatable cancers in the head and neck. The procedure has been carried out on eleven patients so far, all of whom showed a big improvement. Read the full story

No one would deny that most doctors have a lot of heart, but surgeons at one Danish hospital are leaving no room for debate. The 200-kilo heart of a giant finback whale has been delivered to Skejby Hospital in Arhus, after the creature became trapped and died in Vejle Fjord a month ago. Read the full story