Cologne Clinics Under Fire for Cleaning Services: Managing Director Responds to “Team Wallraff” Report

Cologne Clinics Under Fire for Cleaning Services: Managing Director Responds to “Team Wallraff” Report

After the recent broadcast of “Team Wallraff” on RTL, the clinics in the city of Cologne are also being criticized. Now managing director Prof. Dr. Axel Goßmann commented on the reports about the cleaning services in his houses. The article about the building cleaning company sector sent on April 4th deals, among other things, with … Read more

The Importance of Liver Ultrasound for Maintaining Liver Health: Expert Insights from Hidoc Director Kim Jong-wook

The Importance of Liver Ultrasound for Maintaining Liver Health: Expert Insights from Hidoc Director Kim Jong-wook

Hidoc medical reporter Director Kim Jong-wookㅣSource: Hidoc Do you know how important liver health is for living a healthy life? The liver is one of the most important organs in our body. Therefore, of course, liver health has a great impact on our overall health, and early detection and treatment of liver disease is important. … Read more

Dentists reject convention rate: what does this mean for patients? “It makes sense that you also charge for extra work”

Dentists reject convention rate: what does this mean for patients?  “It makes sense that you also charge for extra work”

The dentists have rejected the convention for 2024-2025. What does that mean for the patient? Frank Herrebaut, chairman of the VBT dental federation, explains. How do I know if my doctor follows the convention rates and what the prices are? “You can always ask in advance,” says Frank Herrebaut. “The dentist has recently also been … Read more

Q-Screen Invitations for Chronic Q Fever Screening in Helmond: What You Need to Know

Q-Screen Invitations for Chronic Q Fever Screening in Helmond: What You Need to Know

General practitioners in Helmond are currently inviting patients at risk for Q fever for a screening, the so-called ‘Q-screen’. This concerns people with certain risk factors for developing chronic Q fever. The ‘Q-screen’ is a regional population survey to detect chronic Q fever. This way people can receive the right treatment as quickly as possible. … Read more

Study Finds Vitamin D Supplements Do Not Improve Bone Strength in Children: Research from Queen Mary University of London and Harvard School of Public Health published in The Lancet

Study Finds Vitamin D Supplements Do Not Improve Bone Strength in Children: Research from Queen Mary University of London and Harvard School of Public Health published in The Lancet

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health, concluded that vitamin D supplements do not improve bone strength or reduce the risk of fractures in children with vitamin D deficiency. The study results were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. In the study, researchers instructed more … Read more

UZ Brussels is not recognized to operate on pancreatic cancer, but does it anyway: “Patients need to know this”

UZ Brussels is not recognized to operate on pancreatic cancer, but does it anyway: “Patients need to know this”

The more patients with a particular cancer are treated in a hospital, the better the team of doctors and nurses becomes, and the greater the chance that the patient will survive the disease. That was the reason for former Minister of Health Maggie De Block (Open VLD) to significantly reduce the number of hospitals that … Read more

Aifa, Palù resigns. “Total lack of listening”, the reasons – Il Tempo

Aifa, Palù resigns.  “Total lack of listening”, the reasons – Il Tempo

«I inform you, after careful consideration, that the lack of harmony with the minister and the absence of responses from the Government force me to resign as appointed president of Aifa ‘hic et immediate». These are the words with which Giorgio Palù communicated his resignation from the presidency of the Italian Medicines Agency, contained in … Read more

Applying Cool Pads vs. Hot Pads for Muscle Pain Relief: What You Need to Know

Applying Cool Pads vs. Hot Pads for Muscle Pain Relief: What You Need to Know

After the holidays, many people complain of muscle pain due to long drives or preparing holiday meals. When you feel this kind of muscle pain, you often think about applying a patch, but in fact, there is not only one type of patch. Depending on the function, it is divided into ‘cool pad’, which adds … Read more

Ozempic vs Wegovy: Exploring the Weight-Loss Hype of 2023

Ozempic vs Wegovy: Exploring the Weight-Loss Hype of 2023

Since the diabetes drug Ozempic created a real weight-loss hype, it has become increasingly popular. This also applies to the slimming drug Wegovy. How do these medications work and what is the difference between the two? It was according to the scientific journal Science the breakthrough of 2023: the type 2 diabetes drug Ozempic. As … Read more