PRESS RELEASE Integrated Care Event European Parliament 8 December 2015 Nursing and social care e-health services creating sustainable ecosystem 8th December, from 15.00 to 17.00, the knowledge4innovation summit at the European Parliament will highlight the potential of eHealth services in supporting the health and social ecosystem, as 24 National and EU stakeholders designed EU guidelines…
Pact for Innovation to progress health
PRESS RELEASE EFN (European Federation of Nursing) sign off Pact for Innovation Launched in the European Parliament by knowledge4innovation. The goal of the Pact for Innovation is to support and enhance a direct collaboration between stakeholders and policy makers. The signatories of the Pact share a common vision of a globally competitive Europe,supported by success of…
e-learning about Angiogenesis in Gastric Cancer
Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in the world, and it remains difficult to cure in Western countries, mainly as most patients present with advanced disease. To understand more about angiogenesis in gastric cancer, cancer.org have produced informaiton sets including: Angiogenesis in Gastric Cancer e-learning module…
Sugar tax could reduce dementia rates!
Will lower sugar levels reduce dementia? Sugar taxes could help in reduce dementia rates, a Scottish scientist will will tell the audience at Alzheimer Scotland’s Christmas Lecture, Edinburgh Thursday, 3rd Dec. It will also help people to start believing that dementia can be prevented, Prof Ritchie said. Sugar tax has focused on obesity, but dementia…
U.S. women catching up on drink!
U.S. women catch up on alcohol consumption. American women are catching up on men’s drinking levels in using and abusing alcohol, a U.S. government report shows. Data from 2002 to 2012 found that reported alcohol consumption in the previous 30 days rose among women, from almost 45 percent to more than 48 percent, but fell…
Remove barriers to palliative care
Barriers to palliative care must be removed Everyone should have a right to palliative care Over 10,000 people in Scotland are not getting care they need. MSPs have called for next Scottish Government Strategic Framework to set out how palliative care can be accessed at the point of need. MSPs heard that palliative care is…
HPV vaccines: confirms they do not cause CRPS or POTS
PRESS RELEASE HPV vaccines: EMA confirms evidence does not support that they cause CRPS or POTS EMA has now completed its review of evidence surrounding reports of two syndromes: complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in young women given human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. These vaccines are given to protect them…
Celebrating World COPD Day 2015
PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release Celebrating World COPD Day, the European Institute of Women’s Health highlights it’s not too late to improve respiratory health in Europe Since 2002, World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Day raises awareness and works to improve care of COPD through events and campaigns in over 50 countries on the…
Action for World Pneumonia Day
PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release The European Institute of Women’s Health Calls on Countries to Generate Action for World Pneumonia Day 12 November 2015 First held in 2009, World Pneumonia Day aimed to eliminate pneumonia, which killed more children each year than AIDS, malaria and measles combined at the time. Annually, approximately three-quarters of…
NICE issues first guideline on menopause
First menopause guidelines The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) will launch its first clinical guideline on diagnosing and managing menopause on Tuesday 10 November 2015. Menopause affects every woman sometime in her life and large numbers of them experience symptoms that impact significantly on their daily lives including hot flushes, night…