Fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat. A flu epidemic broke out in the Czech Republic. Experts from the State Health Institute (SZÚ) reported that last week there were about 1,750 sick people per hundred thousand people. The diary provides an overview of the most important things about the flu – for example, where the morbidity … Read more
Aissam Dam, 11 years old, son of a Moroccan family who emigrated to Barcelona, has recovered his hearing thanks to a gene therapy experimented in the United States. The researchers responsible for the clinical trial, carried out at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, did not guarantee that the treatment against the type of congenital deafness … Read more
2023-11-30 07:11:00 Berlin. Why do we get sick so often in winter? Researchers are now providing a detailed answer for the first time: the problem is in the nose. Why do you get flu or a cold more quickly in winter? What do lower temperatures and cold air do to our immune system? A study … Read more
2023-11-21 15:43:49 Dusseldorf. There are currently increasing cases of whooping cough in Denmark. The number of infections has been rising sharply since May and is now so high that the responsible authorities are talking about a nationwide epidemic. The Baltic Sea island of Funen is considered particularly affected. The CRM Center for Travel Medicine in … Read more
2023-11-18 03:44:53 Pain threshold analysis from a gender perspective… “Male patients feel less pain when treated by female medical staff” Entered 2023.11.18 12:44 Views 277 Entered 2023.11.18 12:44 Modified 2023.11.18 12:53 Views 277 Chinese doctor using stethoscope to examine patient An interesting study showed that male patients may actually suffer less if treated by female … Read more
2023-10-17 03:00:00 Australian study According to a meta-analysis, the risk of developing a second melanoma somewhere else after a first melanoma depends on numerous factors, including a high-risk genotype and the number and type of nevi present. An Australian team of authors calls for continued consistent sun protection and regular skin cancer screening for melanoma … Read more
2023-10-12 15:30:00 Hilde and her husband arrived first, the 2,000 pigs arrived later. Since then, she has sought help from a psychologist. The story is told to us by our colleagues at HLN. of videos “I still sometimes get all worked up, which is not pleasant for me or my guests,” she says. Eleven residents … Read more
2023-10-04 23:17:40 Berlin. The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) sees no need to reintroduce mask and distance requirements, even with an increasing number of corona infections in autumn and winter. Risk groups such as previously ill or older people could and should, if necessary, protect themselves from infection with the virus with … Read more