Definition: A wide variety of medicaments and folk remedies may be involved, but the particularly important groups are: (a) psychotropic drugs that do not produce dependence, such as antidepressants, (b) laxatives, and (c) analgesics that may be purchased without medical prescription, such as aspirin and paracetamol. Persistent use of these substances often involves unnecessary contacts with medical professionals or supporting staff, and is sometimes accompanied by harmful physical effects of the substances. Attempts to dissuade or forbid the use of the substance are often met with resistance; for laxatives and analgesics this may be in spite of warnings about (or even the development of) physical harm such as renal dysfunction or electrol ...[+++]yte disturbances. Although it is usually clear that the patient has a strong motivation to take the substance, dependence or withdrawal symptoms do not develop as in the case of the psychoactive substances specified in F10-F19. | Abuse of:antacids | herbal or folk remedies | steroids or hormones | vitamins | Laxative habit

popular culture [ traditional culture(GEMET) ]

popular initiative in the form of a draft proposal | popular initiative in the form of a specific draft | initiative in the form of a specific draft

federal popular initiative | popular initiative | request for a vote on an initiative

disaster response

complications of medical devices correct drug properly administered in therapeutic or prophylactic dosage as the cause of any adverse effect misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure

Definition: The main features are multiple, recurrent and frequently changing physical symptoms of at least two years' duration. Most patients have a long and complicated history of contact with both primary and specialist medical care services, during which many negative investigations or fruitless exploratory operations may have been carried out. Symptoms may be referred to any part or system of the body. The course of the disorder is chronic and fluctuating, and is often associated with disruption of social, interpersonal, and family behaviour. Short-lived (less than two years) and less striking symptom patterns should be classified u ...[+++]nder undifferentiated somatoform disorder (F45.1). | Briquet's disorder Multiple psychosomatic disorder

I. written declarations have a very limited impact, in terms of both agenda-setting and influencing decisions taken by the institutions, and may give a misleading impression as to their effectiveness; when properly used, however, they still retain value as a popular campaigning tool; for proposals calling for a legislative action, Rule 42(2) should be used, giving individual Members a real opportunity to influence Union legislation and to incorporate a given proposal into the work of Parliament's committees;

All the policies must be reviewed: the SRDP, the involvement or rather, as Holger said, the non-involvement of the Arts Council in the music industry, as far as popular music is concerned.

It promotes the education of journalists to serve the interests of capital, intervention in media activities in the Member States via the European Audiovisual Observatory and support for EU plans by strengthening information – and propaganda – offices and stepping up ideological/political intervention for the benefit of the EU and the rotten exploitative system, proving once again that the independence of the media, like its pluralism and diversity, are a blatant attempt to mislead the workers which cannot, however, eliminate the only way forward for grassroots interests: the fight to overturn and break it in order to ensure that contemp ...[+++]orary grassroots needs are served.

Another change was a gradual loss of our grassroots connections and community development.