Evidence of faster brain aging in adolescents due to Corona lockdowns

Evidence of faster brain aging in adolescents due to Corona lockdowns

The lockdowns during the Corona pandemic were undoubtedly an extremely difficult time, especially for children and young people. Numerous Studies have already shown that the time missed at school has not only left large gaps in education. Many children also have psychological problems during the period of isolation, some with symptoms of depression. A new … Read more

Blood test reveals women’s risk of heart disease – for the next 30 years

Blood test reveals women’s risk of heart disease – for the next 30 years

The risk was 33 percent higher for women with the highest Lp(a) levels, and a 70 percent increased risk was found for women with the highest CRP levels. When all three measurements, i.e. LDL cholesterol, Lp(a) and CRP, were assessed together, the women with the highest levels had a more than 1.5-fold increased risk of … Read more

WHO: Corona vaccination has saved the lives of 1.6 million people in Europe

WHO: Corona vaccination has saved the lives of 1.6 million people in Europe

Did the vaccination against Corona save lives or was it disproportionately risky given the side effects that occurred in some cases? Researchers from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) have now presented an estimate based on data. According to this, around 1.6 million lives were saved in Europe by the vaccinations between December 2020 and … Read more

Balcony power plant: recognize pitfalls and save money – it’s possible!

Balcony power plant: recognize pitfalls and save money – it’s possible!

After only five confusions to the perfect balcony power plant When a product is sold to customers at a discount store at what feels like cost price, you can assume that it has reached the mainstream of society – nationwide, the numbers have shot up massively since last year. And photovoltaic panels, brackets, inverters and … Read more

Corona: The pandemic is causing people in the East to die earlier

Corona: The pandemic is causing people in the East to die earlier

Population in the East older due to migration, therefore more vulnerable One reason given for the East-West difference is that after 1990 a disproportionately large number of young people with low mortality risks left these regions. A higher excess mortality resulting from such migration can be observed for Germany and Europe as a whole; in … Read more

Analyzing Net Amount vs Gross Assets and Debts: A More Accurate Approach to Assessing Wealth Differences

Analyzing Net Amount vs Gross Assets and Debts: A More Accurate Approach to Assessing Wealth Differences

Net amount should be broken down in analyses Instead, the experts suggest splitting the net amount into gross assets and debts and looking at their combined impact. In addition, the wealth effects should be analyzed using a specific statistical approach (“Generalized Additive Models”). “In a simulation study, we were able to show that this approach … Read more

“New Stiko Recommendations for COVID Booster Vaccinations and Endemic State”

“New Stiko Recommendations for COVID Booster Vaccinations and Endemic State”

Only older people over the age of 60 and people with risk factors for a severe course of the corona virus should continue to receive booster vaccinations, preferably in autumn, when they are also vaccinated against influenza or pneumococci. This also applies to employees of nursing homes and clinics. However, the Stiko has not yet … Read more