May was the final month of the IDEAHL project aimed at developing new models of and approaches to digital health literacy. A two-year project, IDEAHL focused on digital health literacy and how to empower citizens in their understanding and use of and access to both digital health literacy and e-Health. The EIWH was the Irish…
Press Release: New technologies, new disparities
Press release New technologies, new disparities: the intersection of digital health literacy and women’s health Tuesday, 21 May saw a hybrid event take place in Dublin, Ireland and online that focused on women’s health and digital health literacy. As part of the IDEAHL project, the EIWH wanted to highlight the issues that exists relating to…
EIWH and WHO Civil Society Commission
The European Institute of Women’s Health (EIWH) is delighted to announce our acceptance to participate with the WHO Civil Society Commission. The WHO Civil Society Commission mission is to strengthen dialogue, foster collaboration and provide recommendations to support WHO on its engagement with civil society at global, regional and national levels to achieve health for…
Urology Awareness Month, UK: Discussion and news
Urology Awareness Month: Latest discussion and news See their Programe for their month of activities on different aspects and impacts of urological conditions that can impact on each and every family member at their different ages and stages of development and life cycle!
Guidelines highlight how time is critical to effective treatment.
Count to 40 seconds and an American has died of a heart attack. Over 800 thousand people die every year from heart attacks. One in five heart attacks are silent, meaning blockage of blood flow to the heart starts but the person remains completely unaware. There are many silent warning signs which could make the…
Revisiting OECD EU Diabetes Report, 2020
Diabetes is chronic and continues increasing overall health risks Diabetes is a chronic condition that mainly occurs when your body cannot regulate excessive glucose levels. If undiagnosed or poorly controlled, it will most likely result in various complications, including blndness, kidney failure and lower limb amputation. Diabetes increases risks of cardiovascular disease along with greater…
Event: The Interplay of Gender in Health – A global health issue!
Interplay of Gender in Health – A global health issue! See details of this event! – Here
Food can upset Prescription Drugs!
Prescription Drugs might not like the food you eat. About 70 percent of U.S. citizens take at least one prescription drug and according to John Hopkins. Food and medicine interactions can take place with both prescription and over the counter medications. Blood pressure, back pains, diabetes, and headaches, the medications that are meant to help, …
Slow down your natural ageing clock now!
Univ. of Virginia, School of Medicine researchers discovery – a key driver of chronic inflammation causing ageing to accelerate in human bodies. This finding can potentially lead to a position where we could slow down our natural ageing clock and so live longer,healthier lives, where many age related conditions like heart disease and devastating brain…
Warning Signs for Elder Abuse During Care
Warning Signs for Elder Abuse During Care It is estimated that about 16% of the elderly worldwide have been victims of abuse. There is not enough data about this internationally, particularly in less developed or developing countries in variosu parts of the world. The main advances in effect today to prevent abuse toward elders. Andrea…