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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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EU Commission adopts rules on medical prescriptions when travelling to another EU country

On 20 December the Commission adopted rules on a...

Concerns over proposed Clinical Trial Directive

The proposal for revision of the direc­tive on...

European Parliament Transparency Drive

The European Parliament’s Environment and Public...

Council of Ministers Conclusions on Organ Donation Transplantation

On 7 December, a set of Council conclusions on...

Council of Ministers Work on Transparency Directive continues

Despite of the lack of enthusiasm of member...

Closing ceremony:

European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity...

Active Ageing Index 2012 launched at the European Year closing conference

Sweden, Finland and Denmark, followed by the...

New EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation

The Commission has proposed a new Programme for...

European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing:

First Conference of Partners