Feb 20, 2020 | EN, research, study
Scientists at the renowned Johann Wofgang Goethe University in Frankfurt are investigating the connection between diabetes and obesity (adiposity) in connection with Alzheimer’s disease, as it has long been suspected that all factors could be related. After all,...
Feb 20, 2020 | EN, law, pharmacy
Up to now, pharmaceutical services have only been approved as third parties in selected supply contracts. The On-site Pharmacy Strengthening Act, which is currently still being coordinated between the Federal Ministry of Health and the EU, is intended as a first step...
Feb 20, 2020 | EN, prevention, research
The report of the umbrella organisation of national Alzheimer associations, which was recently presented and refers to recent studies of dementia by various research groups, shows that the proportion of dementia patients, with Alzheimer’s for example, will...
Feb 20, 2020 | EN, hospitals
Hospitals are subject to enormous cost pressure. Good and effective process management is needed to save time so that processes do not have to be executed twice, gaps are filled or unfavourable structures in the hospital system are uncovered and eliminated. This also...
Feb 20, 2020 | EN, statutory health insurance, study
At the moment, the abolition of private health insurance (PKV) is a contentious issue between experts who are well placed to assess the dual health insurance system. A study by the Iges Institute, commissioned by the Bertelsmann Foundation, judges the division of...
Feb 19, 2020 | EN, medicationn, study
A study by the Scientific Institute of Private Health Insurance (WIP) concludes that, compared to other European countries, oncological drugs and so-called orphan drugs, i.e. drugs for rare diseases, are available in Germany much more quickly and comprehensively....
