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Parkinson’s disease: novel therapies explored?
Parkinson's disease is a brain disorder that leads to restricted mobility, especially in older people, but can also slow down the thinking process. Scientists led by Professor Dr. Joseph Claßen of Leipzig University Hospital and Professor Dr. Thomas Knösche of the Max...
Amazon: Revolution of the health market in the USA through smart technologies
The on-line dispatch giant Amazon mixes up at present, as already prognosticated by some experts, the health market in the USA. Share prices of other competitors are going down because Amazon is currently building up its fourth mainstay. Prescription drugs as the next...
ePA: in January the extensive test phase begins, followed by the final approval
The introduction and test phase of the electronic patient file (ePA) is about to begin. On January 1, 2021, it will begin on a voluntary basis as an app with gradually increasing functions. The German healthcare system is facing a major challenge, as 200,000 service...
Sixth app against anxiety disorders available on cash register prescription
The Federal Office for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) has just approved the sixth "App on prescription". The "Invirto" app from the Hamburg-based company Sympatient is designed to help patients with panic attacks and anxiety disorders to get rid of them at home....
BKK Health Report 2020 also considers the effects of the corona pandemic
The umbrella organization of the company health insurance funds generates an annual health report from data and surveys as well as from assessments following surveys of its members. This year's BKK health report already takes into account the difficult effects during...
Iqvia survey on doctors‘ opinions and prognoses during and after the Covid 19 crisis
The medical profession in Germany tends to exercise restraint in prescribing health apps, as statisticians from the US service provider Iqvia recently found out. According to the analysis "The view of general practitioners in Germany on the COVID 19 crisis and the...
Spahn: ePA will increase the importance of medical care in Germany
At the virtual conference of the digital association Bitkom, Federal Minister of Health Jens Spahn expressed his satisfaction with the progress in digitization, which in his opinion has made decisive progress in the last two years, although according to a McKinsey...
Is it possible to predict possible violent pathogen waves after corona?
An American team of scientists led by epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Baker of Princeton University in the state of New Jersey has found out with the help of two simulation studies that allegedly contact restrictions and hygiene rules as well as the wearing of a mouth and...
People with statutory health insurance have a greater financial burden
Whether the additional contribution in the legal health insurance (GKV) is raised only on the average little or however a doubling threatens, experts do not know yet. However, it is a fact that the average additional contribution for 2021, which is variable, will be...
SHI will run into financial problems due to corona effects
According to a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the expenditures of the statutory health insurers (GKV) have increased rapidly. According to the report, a large deficit of three billion euros was generated in the third quarter of 2020, which is the...