Vegetarians are more likely to suffer from allergies, cancer and mental problems including depression and phobias. The wide-ranging study on diet and health was carried out by the Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology (IFES) at the Medical University (Med-Uni) in Graz, Austria. Study coordinator and epidemiologist Nathalie Burkert said that it had been a […]
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A news study has revealed that people renting apartments in old buildings in the Austrian capital paid 21 million Euro too much for their apartments in 2011. This is the result of a new study by the Austrian Chamber of Labour who analyzed Statistic Austria data. The reason is thought to be incorrect increases of […]
Hotels are more expensive in Innsbruck than in any other part of Austria according to a new study by the online booking portal hotel.info. The study also found that in general across the country Hotel prices have risen on the previous year by around 4.32%. In Innsbruck there are the highest prices as opposed to […]
A new study of the Medical University of Vienna shows that separated rooms in gastronomy are not effective in regards to smoking. The Institute of Environmental Hygiene measured the effect of ultrafine dust particles on the health of non-smokers in 134 bars and restaurants in Vienna. Smoking was allowed in 20 of these premises and […]
Austria’s minister for agriculture and the environment has called on the European Commission to review its approval process for genetically modified (GM) food after a controversial French study linked a kind of GM corn to higher health risks in rats. French scientists said that rats fed on Monsanto’s GM corn or exposed to its top-selling […]
Linz deputy mayor Klaus Luger (SPÖ) says a policy of targetting kids with language difficulties which he prioneered in local kindergartens has been vindicated by a German report. According to the new study by the Berlin-Institute for Population and Development, carefully targetted language initiatives in Kindergartens bring the greatest results in advancing the language ability […]
High amounts of lithium in tap water could keep the suicide rate low, a new study suggests.Researchers of Viennas Medical University (MedUni) found out that many areas with comparably higher amounts of the chemical element in tap water which can be consumed across Austria have a lower suicide rate than areas with less.The […]
Tens of thousands of Austrians are addicted to gambling, according to a new study.The Gallup research group announced today (Weds) that 64,000 Austrians are believed to be compulsive gamblers. The agency explained this number means that the share of slot machine and sport betting addicts in Austrias overall populace resembles the European average. Around 8.5 […]
Police in the Austrian-Italian border region are investigating after finding cigarettes worth 7,000 Euros in an abandoned car.Officials in the southern province of Carinthia said today (Tues) that police officers discovered 248 cartons of cigarettes in a vehicle parked at a motorway rest stop car park near Völkermarkt.The tobacco products were confiscated after a check […]
The vast majority of young Austrians are eager to learn, according to a new study.Pollster GfK Austria said today (Mon) that 80 per cent of Austrians aged between 15 and 30 said they were hungry for knowledge. GfK Austria interviewed 4,600 Austrians aged between 15 and 30.These findings come on the back of a poll […]