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Eunuchs live 15 years longer than uncastrated males
A study of eunuchs from the Korean imperial court of the Chosun Dynasty (1392-1910) found that they had an average lifespan of 70 years, while for comparable normal men from this period it was around 55 years (1).
19.10.2012
Chocolate-loving countries produce more Nobel Prize winners
Gestern erschien im New England Journal of Medicine online (1) unter „Occasional Notes“ ein Bericht von Franz Messerli aus New York über eine signifikante, lineare Korrelation zwischen dem Schokoladenkonsum pro Kopf in einem Land und der Anzahl der aus diesem Land stammenden Nobelpreisträger ...
19.10.2012
Francesco Antonica and colleagues from Sabine Costagliola's group in Brussels (1) succeeded in producing functional thyroid cells in follicle form from mouse embryonic stem cells. When these cells were implanted into the hypothyroid mice four weeks after radioiodine ablation of the thyroid gland...
19.10.2012
A new database technology from the German Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering (HPI) promises to make personalized medicine widely available. It will be presented at the World Health Summit on October 24th in Berlin. Originally developed for enterprise software...
19.10.2012
In the dispute over fee adjustments between the Federal Ministry of Health and pharmacies, Caesar & Loretz GmbH (Caelo) from Hilden expresses its solidarity with the pharmacists. With two eye-catching protest posters in bright red and the message...
18.10.2012
Knieper Project Management launches the website Zahnrettungskonzept.info – now all the information about this cross-border project at a glance
Tooth injuries are a common occurrence and unfortunately many people are not aware that knocked out teeth can be saved and replanted with a good chance of recovery.
18.10.2012
Care – understanding people with dementia
Mr. K. suffers from dementia and has been living in a nursing home for some time. Today he wants to visit his mother. He puts on his coat and leaves his room. The problem is: it's four o'clock in the morning, Mr. K. is only wearing pajamas under his coat, and his mother left 18...
18.10.2012
Bone replacement material Osbone® scores points in clinical multicenter study
The advantages of the novel synthetic hydroxyapatite Osbone® are particularly evident in indications requiring increased mechanical stability. This is demonstrated by a recently published open-label, prospective, multicenter clinical study on the product's use in...
18.10.2012
Federal Association of Outpatient Specialist Medical Care eV
Almost exactly a year ago, Dr. Axel Munte, former chairman of the Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV Bayerns), launched a national association for all those physicians (and hospitals) offering highly specialized outpatient services in accordance with Section 116b of the German Social Code, Book V (SGB V). Now, Munte has succeeded in...