horizon-magazine.eu Looking in the mirror in the morning can help us assess when we are under the weather. Now researchers are using modern technology to capture information about physical appearance to assess the state of health of elderly people.
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With Europeans increasingly buying medicines online, how can we be sure that an online pharmacy is authentic and safe? Falsified medicines can be ineffective, harmful or even deadly. The European Commission has established a common logo for online pharmacies...
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EU & Healthcare When you go to a hospital, you expect safe # healthcare . However, an estimated 8-12% of patients admitted to hospital in the EU suffer from adverse events whilst receiving healthcare. Most EU countries now have patient safety programmes...
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Taking antibiotics? Be responsible!
Antibiotics: overuse & misuse European Commission Taking antibiotics? Be responsible! Antibiotics have dramatically reduced the number of deaths from infectious diseases in the last 70 years. But through overuse and misuse, many micro-organisms have become...
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Ebola continuing to cause more deaths in West Africa European Commission - Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection (ECHO) With Ebola continuing to cause more deaths in West Africa, EU ECHO's colleague in the field, Anouk, has provided more photos of International...
Read moreResearch Headlines - One step closer to understanding cancer (via Research & Innovation)
One step closer to understanding cancer (via Research & Innovation) One step closer to understanding cancer
Read moreWhere can you swim safely in Europe?
European water quality Where can you swim safely in Europe? Check the European Parliament's map & learn more @ http://epfacebook.eu/a2s2
Read moreSuccess Stories - Genetic variants linked with schizophrenia have impact in healthy carriers (via Research & Innovation)
Genetic variants linked with schizophrenia have impact in healthy carriers ec.europa.eu Genetic variants associated with schizophrenia and autism still have an impact on cognitive skills and brain structure in people who carry the genes but do not suffer...
Read moreAt~Sea – Eating seaweed
Seaweed could be more commonly used as a source of food. Watch how researchers from the At~Sea project are developing innovative textiles to cultivate seaweed more efficiently off Europe's coast at http://youtu.be/e5zSRVNzelo Read more on Horizon Magazine:...
Read moreHealthy eating – healthy ageing? (via JRC)
ec.europa.eu Nutritional shortcomings are a key driver of age-related decline and disability whereas proper diet can increase years of healthy life. In support of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (the Partnership), JRC...
Read moreГермански учени: българското кисело мляко лекува / The Bulgarian yoghurt / Le yaourt bulgare / El yogur búlgaro
The Bulgarian yoghurt effective in treating Parkinson / Le yaourt bulgare efficace dans le traitement de la maladie de Parkinson / El yogur búlgaro eficaz en el tratamiento del Parkinson. www.dw.de Сензационно откритие направиха германски учени: българското...
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