Posts Tagged ‘Europe’
Good news for expats living in Europe, all signs point towards flu season coming to an end. In all reporting countries this week, flu cases continue to decline with some already returning to their levels outside of flu season. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has declared, after three months of active [...]
European men are falling further behind women in terms of life expectancy, says a major new report. The gap isn’t as pronounced in the UK as other countries, but men still haven’t seen the same boost in life expectancy as women. Although people are living longer than ever before, men have seen less improvement and [...]
The activity of seasonal influenza continues to rise in some countries of Europe, especially western Europe. Experts advise there is still time to protect yourself and those around you by getting the flu vaccination. France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway have all reported a medium intensity of flu transmission. However, influenza was reported to be [...]
Smoking kills around 700,000 people in Europe, roughly the population of Frankfurt, every year. Millions more suffer from illnesses associated with smoking such as heart disease, cancer and respiratory illness. A new EU plan aims to tackle smoking and alleviate the burden tobacco related illnesses put on healthcare systems. The legislation will ban strong flavours [...]
According to data from several Eurozone countries, the economic crisis is changing people’s shopping and eating habits. In Italy, 13 percent of people have reported buying cheaper, lower quality food since the economic crisis began. Italians are also buying less food overall, according to data from the national statistics agency. While Italians are buying less food, [...]
The cost of providing medical benefits to employees is rising faster in the UK than in other European countries. We have reported previously on data which shows the cost of providing medical benefits is increasing in double digits globally. Though Europe is starting to see cost increases stabilise. According to a report from Towers Watson, the [...]
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) has recently released information on how the European economic crisis is hitting areas of public health. The EPHA is a network of public health organisations who represent health professionals, patient groups, disease-specific NGOs and other health associations. 1. Effects on mental health – In the UK one in five [...]
We usually read about videogames being bad for our health: encouraging laziness, lack of sleep and less physical activity. But the EU’s Playmancer project aims to change all that. It’s developed a “healthy” videogame to help doctors and therapists treat a number of health issues. Supposedly Playmancer can treat everything from binge eating to gambling [...]
Possibly the last place anyone would want to die is at work. Unfortunately, the number of workplace deaths in Europe rose 15% in 2011, increasing for the second straight year. Across Europe, 55 people died on the job, compared to 48 in 2010. 22 of those deaths occurred in agriculture. 8 transport and storage workers died, [...]
What’s a safe and healthy salad worth? Millions, according to food regulators and produce farmers in the US. Lives are at stake after all. Just this summer a deadly e. coli outbreak caused by Egyptian fenugreek seeds spread across Europe, killing dozens and sickening hundreds more. But this is just the most recent case in [...]
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