Court of Justice of the European Union Cases relating to the Tobacco Products Directive Statement by Minister for Health Leo Varadkar: The Minister for Health and the Irish Government welcomes the judgements of the European Court of Justice in relation to three challenges relating to the 2014 Tobacco Products Directive which was published this morning.…
Adapt society for an ageing population, France.
France to adapt society for an ageing population A report prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) gives information on France adapting society to an ageing population. An act on adapting society to an ageing population entered ihas come into force marking a turning point in long term care policies in France which has…
Each Of Us campaign:
Mental Health Europe, launch anti-stigma and discrimination campaign: called ” EACH OF US.” The campaign’s objective is to change peoples’ minds about mental health and debunk myths and misconceptions about people with mental health problems. Journalists can play a pivotal role in helping us endmental health stigma! The media is extremely powerful and is consumed…
Women multi task but their health can suffer
Women wear many hats – from family responsibility , to successful professionals in fulltime work. This multi-tasking often causes them to neglect their own health. This phenomenon is not limited to the developed world or the US. it is also the norm in many poor and developing societies. Lets check the example of women and…
Evidence for comprehensive strategies tackling chronic diseases
The Joint Action CHRODIS (JA-CHRODIS) provides evidence to build comprehensive strategies to tackle diabetes and chronic diseases JA-Chrodis has launched a policy brief for World Health Day to help identify key enablers and barriers to developing implementing and sustaining National Diabetes Plans (NDPS) in Europe. The policy brief aims to support countries’ efforts to build…
International Emergency Management Society News
The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) is pleased to inform you that the 26th issue of its Newsletter has been issued. Regular TIEMS March newsletter is available here TIEMS March Newsletter – Scientific Articles (this time dedicated to the EU-funded project DRIVER) is available here
Sex and Gender
Sex and Gender: Sex and gender are often been confused for having the same meaning. To fully understand how they affect health, there needs to be a clear distinction between them. Interchanging the two words can introduce forms of bias and be harmful to research. What is Sex? Sex is the natural condition of a…
Getting more information from mammograms
Each mammogram taken contains information, without additional cost or radiation exposure for patients, and research now suggests breast arterial calcification is as good as the standard risk factor-based estimate for predicting risk,” said lead author Prof. Harvey Hecht, MD, director of cardiovascular imaging at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Hospital. If this informaiton was used, it…
eHealth Guidelines for Nurses and Social Care Workers
ENS4Care: Evidence Based Guidelines for Nurses and Social Care Workers for the deployment of eHealth services Innovative, high quality, safe and cost-effective national healthcare systems are dependent upon policy-makers and stakeholders developing and implementing high-quality eHealth services. The EU project “ENS4Care” will share good nursing and social work practices in eHealth services (telehealth and telecare) and…
eHealth guidelines for nurses, social workers
New eHealth guidelines for nurses, social workers The recently completed EU funded Ens4Care project developed five guidelines for European nurses and social workers on using eHealth to promote healthy lifestyle, prevention, clinical practice, skills development for advanced roles, integrated care and nurse ePrescribing. The EIWH were a participating partner in this project that has now…