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Pain can appear in many forms and affects people in different ways. A correct and early diagnose is crucial to find the right treatment. Therefore patients need to describe their symptoms in as much detail as possible to their doctor. At the new website "My pain feels like…" patients find a questionnaire that helps them to describe in detail how their pain feels like, how it affects their life and where the pain is allocated.
On the occasion of World Cancer Day, the European Commission presents 10 little known facts about EU action in the field of cancer.
The European Commission and the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) are organising a public hearing on the preliminary opinion on potential health effects of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF), to be held on 27 March.
The Network of European Consumer Centres across the EU handled more than 80,000 enquiries from citizens across the EU in 2013. This represents an increase of 11% compared to 2012.
The European Parliament has voted last 5 February on proposals from the European Commission to strengthen passenger rights including: measures to ensure that air passengers have new and better rights to information, care and re-routing when they are stranded at the airport. At the same time there will be better complaint procedures and enforcement measures so passengers can actually obtain the rights to which they are entitled.
Recent resolution 1975 (2014) adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe represents the position of the 47 member countries of the Council of Europe. The hope is that Europe takes a leading role in addressing the challenges of gender inequality and the high rate of violence against women and children. Need to increase public aid for development.
The conference on mobility and passenger rights realized last December 18th in Brussels was the occasion for a constructive dialogue among citizens, institutions, public and private companies, from data and recommendations emerged from the civic process of participation and consultation made all over the 2013 in 8 Countries.
Read data and recommendation in the National report from Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Spain (all in national language).
In terms of mobility, the collection of good practices is hardly a novelty, given the growing sensitivity towards this issue by institutions, operators and local administrators.The importance of this collection lies in the particular perspective of citizens rather than of the institutions, management or technical aspects.
What do we really know about sustainable mobility? Let's complete the online quiz to find out if we are able to better protect our rights as passengers, if our daily choices in mobility are actually “sustainable”, how important transport is in Europe and, consequently, what steps the EU is taking in this direction.
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