Around half of all patients with chronic pain report suffering from several parts of the body.Physicians speak of «multi-site chronic pain» (MCP). With the number of pain locations, the risk of dementia also increases, reports a team led by Yiheng Tu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing in the journal»Proceedings of the National Academy […]
That a major hospital reform is necessary – the federal and state governments agree on this. On the other hand, there is disagreement about the «how». Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach is getting more and more headwind from the federal states. 3 federal states now even want to have the reform legally examined. At the […]
Knowledge The European Commission has approved a tetravalent dengue vaccine (live vaccine, attenuated [TAK-003]) for the prevention of dengue virus (DENV) dengue fever for persons aged ≥ 4& years , regardless of previous exposure to DENV.This is the second dengue fever vaccine to be approved in the European Union, following the approval of a first dengue vaccine […]
air pollution causes damage to the lungs and vessels; the particulate matter is even deposited. A study in Canada now adds another to the known fatal consequences: With the air pollutants, the number of suicides also increases, reports a team led by brain researcher Paul Villeneuve in «Environmental Research«. The research group first used a […]
Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a letter to his brothers in 1802. In it, he asked them to have him examined by his doctor after his death and to publish the result. But the doctor’s notes were never found. The list of Beethoven’s health problems is long. These were known to include his progressive hearing loss, […]
For Increasing patients’ physical activity can take advantage of Advent and its proverbial calendar, according to a pilot study published in the special Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal. U The intervention, christened «Active Advent» included services for the abs in the construction of a snowman and a walk for «Christmas deliveries», and was […]
Piombino (Livorno), 5 Jan. (Adnkronos Salute) — Diabetology strengthens the offer to the citizens of the Val di Cornia thanks to the increase in the days of activity of the service and the opening of new clinics for Doppler ultrasound and diabetic foot care. «Starting from 9 January – explains Graziano Di Cianni, coordinator of […]
Plant seeds are fascinating structures.Some are barely visible to the naked eye, others grow as big as footballs. Some can fly, others have to be eaten to spread. If seeds are kept cool, dark and dry, they often remain germinable for years. This is ensured by growth-inhibiting plant hormones that control the time of germination. […]
In patients, undergoing percutaneous intervention (PCI) in complex coronary lesions, intravascular imaging is superior to angiography in reducing the risk of target lesion failure (TLF). This is shown by the results of a randomized trial. Previous studies came to the same conclusion, but this time the benefit was demonstrated in a multicenter, well-powered, randomized trial, […]
Abstract Several clinical and large population studies indicate that women are more sensitive to salt than men, however, the precise mechanisms by which the onset of sexual dimorphism manifests itself are not yet fully understood.Here, we evaluate recent epidemiological data and highlight current knowledge from studies investigating the sex-specific mechanisms of salt-sensitive blood pressure (SSBP). […]