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Poorly adjusted blood sugar levels in children have negative effects on memory and IQ
Ketoacidosis is a life-threatening derailment of the metabolism that can also occur in children if they are not diagnosed early with type 1 diabetes mellitus or if it is not properly treated. If the blood sugar level is not adjusted correctly, symptoms such as...
Elevated LDL cholesterol levels at a young age can increase the risk of heart problems
Teams of scientists, including researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in the USA, have found in a study of 5,000 participants aged between 18 and 30 years, which began 35 years ago, that cholesterol levels increased at this age can lead to...
Cardio-Training: Exercise mufflers should do endurance sports
Cardio training, i.e. physical endurance sports such as swimming, running, cycling, dancing and much more, is strongly recommended by experts to gain health benefits and a better quality of life. Cardio training also triggers a feeling of well-being in the entire...
Regulations for repeat prescriptions too imprecise?
In November 2019, the German Bundestag passed the German Measles Protection Act, which, since March 1, 2020, has allowed doctors to issue follow-up or repeat prescriptions for patients who regularly require certain drugs, which they then receive from a local pharmacy...
Study on total hip and knee endoprostheses: High case numbers in hospitals causes better results
Researchers around Arnd Steinbrueck, scientific study coordinator of the Endoprosthesis Register Germany (EPRD), have used these data to examine hospitals and clinics for the short-term failure probability of total hip and knee endoprostheses and found that high case...
Older people are open to digital health apps
In January and June of this year, the digital association Bitkom asked older people over 65 years of age about the use of digital health applications (DiGA). Over 1000 seniors participated in the representative survey. According to Bitkom, the proportion of users of...
The online medical practice Zava expands its offer
Zava is an online medical practice from Great Britain, on whose platform German customers can also make appointments with affiliated medical practices seven days a week. A completely new feature is that patients can have prescriptions issued without having to consult...
Legal requirements: gematik must improve version 2.0 of ePA authorization allocation
Mark Langguth - former specialist in charge of the electronic patient file (ePA), now a freelance consultant in the field of telematics infrastructure (TI) - strongly criticizes the ePA's authorization concept because the so-called fine-grained rights management,...
Digitization can also bring unwanted effects
The digitization process, especially in the healthcare sector, can bring many benefits, such as cost efficiency and quality and security of care. Telemedical applications such as video chat with doctors and online consultation hours are on the rise, as are...
Flu vaccination – vaccination rate too low
In the flu season 2017/2018, 25,100 people died in Germany alone. Of the nine million people who fell ill, 60,000 came to hospitals, some of them with intensive care. The influenza wave of that winter had devastating effects because the few changes in the genetic...