“Mayor Honors Local Blood Donors for their Lifesaving Contributions”

“Mayor Honors Local Blood Donors for their Lifesaving Contributions”

At the most recent council meeting, Mayor Ferdinand Burger honored four fellow citizens for their many blood donations. Arthur Rieder has donated blood 50 times, Julian Henninger, Rainer Schultis and Susanne Oberkirch have already donated blood 75 times. “There is actually no alternative to donating blood,” Mayor Burger emphatically made clear when he presented the … Read more

“Healthy Blood Vessels for a Younger Brain: Preventing Aging & Disease”

“Healthy Blood Vessels for a Younger Brain: Preventing Aging & Disease”

The brain is so intimately dependent on the blood in the body for nourishment and sustenance that it is irrigated by approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels. Even though we can’t feel it, every minute the heart pumps almost 1 liter of blood to the brain, which is the only way for brain cells to … Read more

Babies born via C-section lack diversity in microbiome, but breastfeeding can help them form a similar microbiome to natural births.

Babies born via C-section lack diversity in microbiome, but breastfeeding can help them form a similar microbiome to natural births.

There is a general perception that children born by caesarean section have weaker immunity than those born naturally. A child born through natural childbirth gets a ‘microbiome’ from the mother when it comes out of the world, but it is difficult for a child born through caesarean section to go through this process. During childbirth, … Read more

“Three Things Your Child Must Attend to Prior to Midterm Exams”

“Three Things Your Child Must Attend to Prior to Midterm Exams”

April is the month of midterm exams, the first test of the new semester for middle and high school students. This first test score becomes an expectation for learning achievement and oneself for the next year and further in middle and high school. So, the midterm exam, the first exam of the first semester of … Read more

“Drunk Driver Crashes Vehicle with 3.14 Blood Alcohol Content”

“Drunk Driver Crashes Vehicle with 3.14 Blood Alcohol Content”

The day With 3.14 per mil in the blood: a drunk driver rams the car 03/29/2023 09:33 am Strong sedation, unconsciousness, coma, respiratory paralysis – this is how the Federal Center for Health Education describes the effects of three parts per thousand alcohol in blood. A motorist in Thuringia However, with more than three per … Read more

Focus in Mönchengladbach: “I have to wash away excrement, urine or blood twice a week”

Focus in Mönchengladbach: “I have to wash away excrement, urine or blood twice a week”

Moenchengladbach · Frank Diederichs lives on Sittardplatz near Mönchengladbach’s main train station. He complains that he keeps coming into conflict with drug users. How the city and the police assess the situation. Er ffönte edi Trü reneis hngunWo ndu bitett imt eerni ladneiednen tseeG ii.nenh sE its ennegmh ma,rw im esnret otSck ünechkmsc leta bHzlöeoml … Read more

Blood donations in the Great Schwarzbach Hall

MTK-News by Adolf Albus (09.03.2023) Only three percent of the population donates blood. Blood is needed every day to treat patients in hospitals. The DRK blood donation service Baden-Württemberg-Hessen invites you again to the blood donation appointment in the Große Schwarzbachhalle Kriftel (Bleichstraße 7 to 9) on Wednesday, March 29th. You can donate blood between … Read more