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eHealth is for citizens
Terje Peetso, MD, Policy Officer for DG CONNECT at the European Commission discusses how online healthcare can be beneficial to patients…
Citizens’ participation in managing...
Pressure on the NHS puts patients at risk
Pressure facing the NHS has pushed the service into an “endless winter”, placing patients at risk…
Warnings about the safety of the health service were...
Analytics on the frontline of saving lives
David Downing, Director of Health, SAS UK examines how the NHS can embrace digitalisation, overcoming some of its biggest challenges, and outlines the findings of the...
PATHway leading the way: ERS paving the way
René Schippers, Director, Electronic Record Services B.V. discusses the PATHway project and its role in cardiac rehabilitation...
PATHway vision
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death...
Worrying rise of type-2 diabetes in children
The number of children developing type-2 diabetes, a disease usually linked to obesity, is on the rise…
New research has revealed a growth in the...
Keeping Canadians healthy
AG highlights how the Canadian Minister for Health is committed to preventing chronic diseases and how it supported World Health Day…
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD’s) are...
New bowel cancer home testing kit available
A new bowel cancer home testing kit that can detect early signs of the disease is being rolled out across England…
The Faecal Immunochemical Test...
Why we need to invest in adolescent mental health care
Ophélie Martin, Communications Officer at Mental Health Europe outlines the importance of early intervention and care for young people who may develop mental health...
Why evidence, not culture, is the key to driving value-based healthcare
David Downing, Director of Health, SAS UK questions whether making a cultural change in healthcare is enough to deliver greater value to patients…
The NHS...
Fight Zika virus before it gets out of control
European Parliament MEP Annie -Schreijer-Pierik (NL, EPP Group) and co-author of the resolution on Zika Virus, sheds light on what more could be done...
Councils call for more funding to care for child refugees
Councils are calling for more funding to help with the cost of caring for children who have been displaced from their homes…
The UK is...
Identifying research priorities for cancer
Pavel Poc, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety at the European Parliament, outlines why cancer research and innovation must...
Organisations mark European Week Against Cancer
Organisations are working to raise awareness of cancer as European Week Against Cancer gets underway…
Cancer is undoubtedly one of the greatest health challenges of...
Our daily digital health – is everyone ready?
Marc Lange, Secretary-General and Diane Whitehouse, Member of the Secretariat at European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) outlines how digital technologies are helping to transform health...
Children in care should not be prosecuted for minor offences
A review has called for the government to protect children in the care system from criminalisation…
A review for the Prison Reform Trust has called...
Surviving cancer in Europe
Satu Lipponen, Director of Communications and Foresight at the Cancer Society of Finland sheds light on the Joint Action Cancon and its role in...
Antibiotic apocalypse warning issued
Medicine faces an apocalypse as antibiotics lose their efficiency, it has emerged…
England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies has warned of an antibiotic apocalypse....
mHEALTH: Challenges, hopes and doubts
There are many hopes and at the same time, doubts related to the mHealth development. Here MEP Michal Boni explains the reasons why…
Firstly, mHealth development...
Changes to Cancer Drugs Fund is “deeply concerning”
Charities have warned changes to the Cancer Drugs Fund are concerning and could leave many new drugs struggling to gain approval…
Fifteen cancer charities have...
Helping ALS patients is not only a medical need, but also a moral obligation
Hande Ozdinler, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University discusses ALS and outlines the strides made in this area...
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is one of...
