You are hereGesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
World's First Stem Cell Drug From Osiris : Approved!
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 20. Mai 2012 - 19:00
There is great news for parents suffering the harrowing ordeal of their child needing a bone marrow transplant. The announcement came from Osiris Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR) on Friday that Health Canada has approved its groundbreaking stem cell therapy Prochymal® (remestemcel-L). The drug can be used to treat children with acute graft-vs-host disease. (GvHD)...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Ausgeprägte Interessenkonflikte bei der Erarbeitung des DSM-V
Forum Gesundheitspolitik - 20. Mai 2012 - 17:51
Was eine psychiatrische Diagnose ist und was nicht, entscheiden Experten. Die Definitionsmacht liegt hier weitgehend bei der American Psychiatric Association (APA). Im Jahr 1952 erschien die erste Version ihres Diagnosekataloges "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM). Im Mai 2013 soll die fünfte Version erscheinen. Da sich die Internationale Klassifikation der Krankheiten (ICD) der Weltgesundheitsorganisation im psychiatrischen Bereich am DSM orientiert, prägt der DSM die Psychiatrie weltweit. Über die sich abzeichnende hochproblematische Ausweitung der psychiatrischen ...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten, Quellen
Generic Versions Of Blood Thinning Plavix Approved By FDA
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 20. Mai 2012 - 16:00
Generic versions of blood-thinning medication - Plavix (clopidogrel bisulfate) - have been approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Clopidogrel bisulfate reduces the likelihood of blood platelets clumping together and forming clots in blood vessels, resulting in a lower risk of stroke and heart attack...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Marburger Bund: Hammerschlag leitet Arbeitgeber-Institut
Ärzteblatt - Meldungen - 20. Mai 2012 - 15:24
Nürnberg – Der langjährige Verhandlungsführer des Marburger Bundes (MB) in Tarifverhandlungen, Lutz Hammerschlag, übernimmt zum 1. September die Leitung eines neues Institutes, das innovative Arbeitsmodelle für Ärzte in Krankenhäusern entwickeln soll. ...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten, Quellen
PA32540 Cuts Gastric Acid Faster Than Enteric-Coated Aspirin
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 20. Mai 2012 - 15:00
SAN DIEGO - The investigational compound PA32540 provides faster gastric protection than enteric-coated omeprazole 40 mg, researchers announced at Digestive Disease Week 2012. PA32540 is an investigational coordinated-delivery tablet of immediate-release (IR) omeprazole (40 mg), a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), layered around enteric-coated aspirin (325 mg)...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Some "Good" Cholesterol May Be Bad For Heart
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 20. Mai 2012 - 14:00
It appears that in some cases, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, the so-called "good" cholesterol, does not protect against heart disease, and may even be harmful. A new study suggests a subclass of HDL that carries a particular protein is bad for the heart. Previous studies have shown that high levels of HDL cholesterol are strongly linked to low risk of heart disease...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
How Many Calories Should I Eat?
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 20. Mai 2012 - 13:00
The number of calories people should eat each day depends on several factors, including their age, size, height, sex, lifestyle, and overall general health. A physically active 6ft 2in male, aged 22 years, requires considerably more calories than a 5ft 2ins sedentary woman in her 70s. Recommended daily calorie intakes also vary across the world...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Marburger Bund: Sorge um Tarifhoheit nach Bundestagswahl
Ärzteblatt - Meldungen - 19. Mai 2012 - 18:50
Nürnberg – Der Marburger Bund (MB) sorgt sich um die Tarifhoheit der Krankenhäuser und Ärztegewerkschaft nach den Bundestagswahlen 2013. „Wir wissen nicht, wie sich die Parteien für die nächste Bundestagswahl positionieren werden“, sagte der erste ...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten, Quellen
Autism, Obesity And Schizophrenia Gene Isolated
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 19. Mai 2012 - 17:00
The size of a baby's head is often related to neurological disorders, such as autism - which affects 1 in 88 children. Now, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified genes responsible for head size at birth by inserting human genes into zebrafish. The study is published online in the journal Nature. Nicholas Katsanis, Ph.D., Jean and George Brumley Jr. M.D...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Genetic Test May Predict Risk Of Schizophrenia
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 19. Mai 2012 - 17:00
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a test that can predict how likely an individual is to develop schizophrenia. The scientists combined data from several different types of studies in order to identify and prioritize a group of genes most associated with the disease...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Dieting During Pregnancy Is Safe And Helpful
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 19. Mai 2012 - 8:00
A study in BMJ reports that the risk for serious complications, such as pre-eclampsia, diabetes and premature birth can be safely reduced even in overweight and obese pregnant women by following a healthy calorie controlled diet during pregnancy...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Anxiety Disorders And Cellular Metabolism Linked
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 18. Mai 2012 - 23:00
Researchers at the University of Chicago have found an association between anxiety disorders and the gene that encodes Glyoxylase 1 (GLO1). However, the mechanism underlying this association is unclear. The most prevalent psychiatric diseases in the United States are anxiety disorders, which range from post-traumatic stress disorder to social phobia...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Hunger Among Seniors In The USA Rose 78% In Ten Years
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 18. Mai 2012 - 23:00
8.3 million (14.85%) seniors in the United States face the threat of hunger, say researchers at the University of Illinois. From 2001 to 2010, the incidence of hunger among seniors has risen by 78%, and by 34% since the onset of the recession in 2007...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Athlete's High Pain Threshold May Help Pain Management Research
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 18. Mai 2012 - 22:00
Athletes are often seen to put on a 'brave face and carry on' when they sustain an injury, which supports the theory that they have a higher pain threshold than non-athletes, regardless of inconsistent and sometimes even contradictory evidence from previous studies on pain perception in athletes...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Drug Approval Faster In US FDA Than Its European Or Canadian Counterparts
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 18. Mai 2012 - 22:00
Although the drug approval process in the U.S. has been perceived as too slow, the nation approves new drug treatments faster and earlier than Europe and Canada, according to researchers at Yale School of Medicine. The study, conducted by Nicholas Downing, a second-year medical student and Joseph S. Ross, M.D...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Running Marathons - Death Risk Low, Higher Among Men
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 18. Mai 2012 - 22:00
In recent years, the popularity of marathons has grown significantly and although the risk of dying during a marathon or soon after is extremely low - about 0.75 per 100,000 - men are two times more likely to die than women, say researchers at John Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition, the number of individuals to complete grueling 26...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Reducing Booze Consumption Better For Public Health And Economy, Australia
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 18. Mai 2012 - 21:00
According to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health, Australia could yield economic and health benefits by reducing its overall national yearly alcohol consumption...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Diabetes Population May Rise To 53 Million Within 13 Years In USA
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 18. Mai 2012 - 20:00
By the year 2025, researchers predict that 53.1 million individuals in the United States will have diabetes (mainly type 2 diabetes) - a 64% increase from 2010. The study is published in Population Health Management Diabetes is a life long disease in which there are high levels of glucose in the blood...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Fighting Multidrug-Resistant Bugs - Last Resort Drugs Being Used Increasingly
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 18. Mai 2012 - 20:00
A study published in the open access journal PloS ONE reveals that the use of "last resort" antibiotics is on the rise due to the increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant pathogens...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
Strict School Physical Education Laws Improve Children's Health
Medical News Today Featured Headlines - 18. Mai 2012 - 19:00
As childhood obesity and diabetes rates are skyrocketing in the US, many schools are eliminating physical education classes. A national study in the American Journal of Public Health reports that specific and required state legislation with regard to PE times could be a crucial tool to ensure that children meet the daily recommendations of physical activity...
Kategorien: Gesundheitswesen - aktuelle Nachrichten
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- …
- nächste Seite ›
- letzte Seite »
Deutsch
English