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International study aims to identify link between diabetes and dementia
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,...
TK develops supply models for pharmaceutical services
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...
Dementia diseases will increase rapidly by 2050
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 increase...
Effective process management in hospitals by experienced employees has advantages
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...
Will the contributions of those insured with statutory health insurance fall after the abolition of private health insurance?
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...
European comparison shows faster availability of certain drugs for Germany
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....
AI improves prediction of heart disease and protects people from cardiovascular events
Scientists at University College London led by Dr. Kristopher Knott and his team have discovered that artificial intelligence (AI), supported by state-of-the-art imaging technologies in the form of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), has the ability to...
Coop Study 2020: High satisfaction of pharmacies with cooperation
At this year's cooperation summit of the Federal Association of German Pharmacy Cooperations (BVDAK) on 12 and 13 February in Munich, it was shown that most pharmacists, owners and branch managers, are satisfied to very satisfied with the services of their cooperation...
Health insurance companies support new law on financial equalisation
The Bundestag passed the Fair Competition Act and thus complied with the long-demanded reform on morbidity-oriented risk structure compensation (Morbi-RSA). The core of the law is the financial equalisation between the health insurance funds. To this end, new...
Giant scavenger cells play a major role in stroke
Scientists led by Professor Dr. Ralf Stumm from the University Hospital in Jena, Professor Dr. Elvira Mass from the University of Bonn and Professor Dr. Frederic Geismann from the Memorial Sloan Ketterin Cancer Center in New York have found out in animal experiments...