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The mass ageing of our populations has been one of the crowning achievements of the end of the second millennium. This ageing has also brought challenges in terms of a new order of complexity in ensuring the health of the ageing populations. Geriatric medicine has developed to meet this challenge, and has been proven to be an efficient and cost-effective development.

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European Commission:

Report on Demographic Ageing

Active Ageing Index (AAI) now available

A new Active Ageing Index (AAI) wiki has just...

Investment in Health a priority in the Social Investment Package

The EuGMS has responded to the EU Commission's...

Launch of the Joint Action on Mental Health and Well-Being, 21 February 2013

A Joint Action on Mental Health and Well-being,...

Call on the Commission for inclusion of women in clinical trials

In a meeting organized on the occasion of...

European Parliament:

Heated debate over transparency of clinical trials

Eurostat report on Healthy Life Years

On 5 March, Eurostat published a report stating...

UK Alzheimer’s Society report

According to a recent Alzheimer’s Society report,...

EU provides €144 million for new research on rare diseases

On 28 February – Rare Disease Day 2013 – the...