http://www.euractiv.com/Latests DocumentsUNEenSat, 21 Nov 2009 01:28:17 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss5editor@euractiv.comwebmaster@euractiv.comhttp://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gifhttp://www.euractiv.com/10360http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/recession-sparks-mental-health-crisis/article-187407?Ref=RSSDemand for mental health services has increased over the past 12 months as people struggle to cope with unemployment, debt, home repossession and threat of redundancy, according to a new study.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:35:00 GMTtcm:29-187407-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/football-fever-beat-malaria-africa/article-187356?Ref=RSSThe 'United Against Malaria' campaign hopes to use the excitement of preparations for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa to help the continent win the fight against malaria, a preventable disease which kills a child every 30 seconds and nearly one million people per year.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187356-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/scientist-climate-change-playing-havoc-health-systems/article-187197?Ref=RSSGlobal warming has brought an increase in heat-related deaths, food poisoning and tick-borne diseases, but flu pandemics may decline as temperatures rise, according to Jan Semenza, scientific advisor at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:48:00 GMTtcm:29-187197-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/pharma-industry-softens-stance-advertising-plan/article-187005?Ref=RSSEurope's pharmaceutical companies will allow an independent authority to vet information provided to patients under a controversial proposal that would allow industry to communicate directly to consumers.Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-187005-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/swine-flu-hits-ukrainian-election-campaign/article-186966?Ref=RSSUkraine has banned public meetings, including election rallies, for a three-week period after confirming its first death from swine flu.Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMTtcm:29-186966-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/eu-attracting-biobank-research-us/article-186956?Ref=RSSThe Netherlands and Luxembourg are battling to become the world's biobank research hub, as Europe begins to attract multi-million euro research projects from the US and beyond.Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:55:00 GMTtcm:29-186956-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/criminals-cashing-fake-swine-flu-medicines/article-186796?Ref=RSSEuropean medicine authorities are growing increasingly alarmed by the number of bogus swine flu remedies being sold over the Internet. The news comes as MEPs gear up to debate new rules covering counterfeit medicines.Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:55:00 GMTtcm:29-186796-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/lobbyist-homecare-key-cost-efficient-health-spending/article-186432?Ref=RSSSwitching from hospital care to monitoring and treating patients in their homes will help make public health spending more cost-efficient, according to Edwin Kohl, chairman of healthcare lobby group Costeff.Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-186432-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/care-patients-home-control-health-spending/article-186431?Ref=RSSSwitching from hospital care to monitoring and treating patients in their homes will help make public health spending more cost-efficient, according to Edwin Kohl, chairman of healthcare lobby group Costeff.Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:45:00 GMTtcm:29-186431-16