Health
In EU, a food fight over nutrition labels
Europe is taking longer than planned to concoct an EU-wide food-labelling system after a colour-coded scheme created in France did not go down well in culinary rival Italy.
Mar 9, 2023
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News tagged with european countries
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Maternal mortality in the Netherlands halved in recent years, finds researcher
The number of women in the Netherlands dying before, during or after childbirth has halved in recent years. This was discovered by Athanasios Kallianidis, who is training as a gynecologist, during his Ph.D. research at the ...
Mar 7, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Death rates from lung cancer will fall overall in the EU and UK in 2023, but rise among women in France, Italy and Spain
A total of 1,261,990 people will die from cancer in 2023 in the EU (EU-27). A further 172,314 people will die from the disease in the U.K., according to new research published in the journal Annals of Oncology today (March ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
British Columbia first in Canada to provide free contraception
The Canadian province of British Columbia announced Tuesday that it will make prescription contraceptives free for all, a first in the country at a time when women's rights are under attack in the neighboring United States.
Mar 1, 2023
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Health
One woman dies every 2 mins in pregnancy, childbirth: UN
A woman dies every two minutes due to pregnancy or childbirth complications, despite maternal mortality rates dropping by a third in 20 years, the United Nations said Thursday.
Feb 23, 2023
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Medical research
Effectiveness and safety of osteopathic treatments in relation to pain in the musculoskeletal system
Chronic low back pain and other chronic back problems are the most common health problems in Austria: it is estimated that almost half of all Austrians suffer from chronic neck, low back or back pain, which is extremely burdensome ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Neuroscience
Incidence of syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration in nine European countries
JAMA Neurology has published the results of the first international population-based study on epidemiology of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) involving nine European countries and thirteen neurological research centers, each ...
Feb 6, 2023
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Medications
Genetic analysis can reduce adverse drug reactions by 30%
Patients can experience 30% fewer serious adverse reactions if their drugs are tailored to their genes, reports a study published in The Lancet. A European collaboration involving researchers from Karolinska Institutet suggests ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Health
Persuading more school children to eat fruit and vegetables
Twenty years ago, 4 out of 10 European children ate fruit and vegetables daily. Today, the proportion is the same, in spite of schemes to provide children with fruit at school. Why hasn't there been more improvement?
Feb 3, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Residential green space is associated with higher birth weight
There is scientific evidence that maternal exposure to natural environments supports healthy fetal growth. However, study results up to date had been heterogeneous across regions and there is very little research on the effects ...
Jan 24, 2023
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