Physical Education

International Day of Physical Activity

10May 2025. TS

We walk too little, sit too much

On the occasion of the International Day of Physical Activity, which is celebrated on May 10, "Trampoline" reminds: movement is medicine. In Serbia, only 11 percent of citizens exercise regularly, while children sit more and more and move less

Diet and health

20march 2025 Dr. Ozren Tosic

Silencing the profession

It is the duty of doctors to listen and treat patients impartially. Irresponsible and unethical statements by the Minister of Health that patients came "with those symptoms (...) by order" suggesting that these complaints are fake, reduce trust in health institutions, deter people from seeking help in health institutions and thus violate the right to health care

Summer in Belgrade

Climate changes

Climate affects people's health: What is Serbia doing?

The World Health Organization states that at the end of 2023, it published the results of a survey on the extent to which the countries of the world include health and healthcare in their climate plans. Serbia is not among them, it only nominally mentions health and healthcare in its Nationally Determined Contribution, as well as in the Low Carbon Development Strategy. How all climate changes affect our health

Ecology

Public health in the smoke of energy poverty

Energy poverty represents a major obstacle in achieving an adequate standard of living that enables preservation and improvement of health. The direct impact on health is primarily related to the impossibility of achieving and maintaining the optimal household temperature and the use of modern forms of energy for household chores, as well as the resulting air pollution inside and outside the household.

Quackery

24April 2024. S. Z/RTS

Fake doctors and medical staff: How they promote surveillance inspections

A routine procedure turned into a nightmare for student Anđela Ikodinović from Cakč. She's not the only one. Unprofessional and fake doctors and medical staff are opening surgeries all over Serbia, some of them are performing operations in the center of Belgrade, some are supported by numerous media and sponsors. The Ministry of Health says that the control of non-professional doctors is not in the domain of the health inspection