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WIdO: Erfolg der Arzneimittelrabattverträge
Wie wirken sich Arzneimittelrabattverträge auf die Therapietreue von Patienten aus? Welche ökonomische Bedeutung haben diese Verträge? Und welche Folgen haben sie für die Anbieterstruktur der pharmazeutischen Hersteller? Das Wissenschaftliche Institut der AOK (WIdO) hat diese Fragen empirisch ...
27.04.2018
AWMF verleiht Ehrenmedaille an Professor Hans-Konrad Selbmann
Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften e. V. (AWMF) hat Professor Hans-Konrad Selbmann für seine großen Verdienste mit der Ehrenmedaille der AWMF ausgezeichnet. Damit würdigt sie seine engagierte und überaus erfolgreiche Arbeit für die AWMF sowie seine ...
24.04.2018
More and more young people in Bavaria are suffering from psychological stress
Depression is on the rise not only in Germany but worldwide. Students in Bavaria are also increasingly affected. Around 47,000 students received a mental health diagnosis in 2016. "Our 2018 Doctors' Report shows an alarming trend in Bavaria," explains Dr. ...
24.04.2018
The German Oncology Guideline Program has presented its first interdisciplinary S3 guideline on "Diagnosis, Therapy, and Follow-up Care for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)." The guideline was developed under the leadership of the German Society for Hematology and Hematology (DGHO).
24.04.2018
Zi Science Prize „Regionalized Health Services Research“ 2018
The Central Institute for Statutory Health Insurance in Germany (ZI) is once again offering a scientific award in 2018 to promote research into regional differences in healthcare. The award recognizes outstanding work in the field of...
20.04.2018
Emergency patients: Demand for uniform documentation standards
Uniform standards for acute care documentation are lacking, as is a central facility that could consolidate this data. Prof. Dr. Röhrig and Prof. Dr. Walcher pointed this out in an interview during the joint parliamentary evening "Digitalization in the...
19.04.2018
Paul Martini Prize 2018 for targeted leukemia therapy
On April 16, 2018, Prof. Dr. Thorsten Zenz from the University Hospital of Zurich received this year's Paul Martini Prize. His research, primarily conducted at the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) in Heidelberg, has advanced our understanding of the genetic changes...
17.04.2018
Patients with tumor cachexia are more likely to suffer from fatigue, pain, or shortness of breath; they have reduced physical function; and they respond less well to oncological therapies or experience more side effects. They also die earlier than patients without tumor cachexia. Nevertheless, only...
16.04.2018
A visit to the hairdresser could be a good opportunity to discuss health in a relaxed atmosphere and have your blood pressure checked. According to the German Hypertension League (DHL), the success of a US study should prompt similar models to be considered in...