Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Health" produced 91 items.
| 1. A safety net for patients? | January 5, 2012 |
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The EU must ensure that health inequalities do not widen during the financial crisis. Austerity measures are now omnipresent in Europe, and healthcare spending is being... |
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| 2. Research funding must focus on health | December 15, 2011 |
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Different approaches are needed to deal with an ageing population. The Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe (BioMed Alliance) warmly welcomes the European Commission's... |
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| 3. Commission seeks powers to lead EU health-crises response | December 8, 2011 |
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Aim is to avoid confused national response. The European Commission is expected to adopt today (8 December) measures to co-ordinate the European response to health crises... |
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| 4. The virus in Europe's health systems | October 13, 2011 |
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Over-treatment is rife in Europe. How is Europe to pay for its population of grey-hairs as they stumble on into their 80s and 90s, demanding ever-cleverer and more expensive... | |
| 5. Dalli seeks tougher rules on medicines information | October 11, 2011 |
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Proposals would mean only certain information on prescription-only medicines would be allowed. John Dalli, the European commissioner for health and consumer policy, today... |
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| 6. Simple ways to save lives and money | September 29, 2011 |
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Addressing risk factors through simple lifestyle interventions would result in a significant reduction in the prevalence of chronic diseases. In your special report on... | |
| 7. The benefits of healthy investment | September 22, 2011 |
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The EU's plans for health put the emphasis on new technologies, but there are many hurdles to overcome. ‘Technology and health' is a dauntingly wide-ranging subject. From... |
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| 8. The digital way to health | September 22, 2011 |
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The EU wants to make sure e-health schemes play their full part in today's tight financial conditions. The EU's engagement with e-health is not new. Programmes have been... |
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| 9. Pushing at the doors of innovation | September 22, 2011 |
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Supporters of technological advances are impatient to see closer collaboration. |
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| 10. A view from end-users | September 22, 2011 |
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The attitudes among the end-users of technology in health range from the evangelistic to the cautious. But even the most eloquent advocates are aware that there is nothing... |
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| 11. No pain, no gain | September 22, 2011 |
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The European commissioner for health sees politics as the central obstacle to reform. John Dalli, the European commissioner for health and consumer policy, is an ardent... |
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| 12. Counting the cost of a healthy society | September 8, 2011 |
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Member states' healthcare systems will come under increasing strain in the coming years. Life expectancy in the EU has improved markedly in recent decades, up by six years... | |
| 13. FIPRA International | July 15, 2011 |
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ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE TO JOIN FIPRA'S HEALTHCARE TEAM | |
| 14. Equal opportunities for all passengers | May 5, 2011 |
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Implementation is holding back rules for disabled travellers. I just want to be able to travel like everyone else. So too do 80 million persons with disabilities in Europe.... | |
| 15. MEPs split ahead of food-labelling talks | April 20, 2011 |
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Demand for extension of country-of-origin included. The European Parliament is in disarray over a food-labelling law as MEPs prepare to embark on negotiations with the... |
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| 16. Moves to tackle diabetes would save lives and money | April 14, 2011 |
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There are cost-efficient ways to contain the diabetes epidemic.
Your special report on healthcare rightly mentioned the challenge of bringing spiralling costs under... |
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| 17. MEPs struggle to agree on EU food labelling law | April 7, 2011 |
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The European Parliament is struggling to forge a united position on a food labelling law ahead of a crucial vote this month. MEPs have been re-running many of the same... |
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| 18. EU deal will benefit India's drugs industry | March 31, 2011 |
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Indian pharmaceutical companies' fears about a free-trade agreement with the EU are misplaced. Your special report on international trade (17-23 March) rightly highlighted... |
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| 19. When treatment meets technology | March 24, 2011 |
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Healthcare could be changed drastically by e-health. But there is a long way to go. Imagine that a Brussels resident breaks his leg on the French ski-slopes. The doctors... |
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| 20. Painful healthcare choices | March 24, 2011 |
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EU member states face the difficult task of achieving a balance between providing quality services and keeping spending under control. European-level discussions of health... |
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