Category: News
Direktqualifikationen in der Psychiatrie- und Intensivpflege – Eine Alternative zur traditionellen Weiterbildung?
Der Fachkräftemangel in der Psychiatrie- und Intensivpflege wird in den nächsten Jahren deutlich zunehmen. Die traditionelle Weiterbildung in diesen Fachgebieten ist zudem kostenaufwendig und langwierig. Ein möglicher Lösungsansatz für diese Probleme könnte in der Entwicklung und Etablierung ...
19.10.2012
October 20, 2012: World Osteoporosis Day - self-test for the risk of falls in old age
Test your risk of falling! With the self-test for the risk of falls in old age, we would like to support you and your treating doctors in identifying an increased risk of falling in order to protect you from possible bone fractures.
19.10.2012
Sativex® confirms clinically relevant improvement in MS-induced spasticity
Die positiven Daten aus der Studie MObility ImproVEments with Spasticity in Multiple Sclerosis (MOVE) 2, die auf dem ECTRIMS-Kongress vorgelegt wurden, unterstützen den Einsatz von Sativex® zur Reduzierung der Symptome mäßiger bis schwerer Spastiken aufgrund von Multipler Sklerose (MSS). Die ...
19.10.2012
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...