Month: August 2024

Ceasefire in Gaza to enable polio vaccinations

Ceasefire in Gaza to enable polio vaccinations

31 August, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

/picture alliance, Anadolu, Hani Alshaer Tel Aviv/Gaza/New York While Israel’s army is taking action against militant Palestinians as part of its large-scale operation in the West Bank, ceasefires lasting several hours in the Gaza Strip

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Advantage of adjuvant radiation after...

Advantage of adjuvant radiation after…

30 August, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

medicine Friday, August 30, 2024 Edinburgh New long-term data from the Scottish Breast Conservation Trial (SCT) suggest that radiation after breast-conserving surgery can protect women with early breast cancer from recurrence. However, the effects are

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Health Minister Philippi on Mpox: “We are well positioned”

Health Minister Philippi on Mpox: “We are well positioned”

30 August, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

Lower Saxony’s Health Minister Andreas Philippi (SPD)./picture alliance, Marco Rauch Hanover – According to Health Minister Andreas Philippi, Lower Saxony is prepared for a possible first case of Mpox disease. “We are well positioned,” said

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Agreement reached on cost coverage in Berlin

Agreement reached on cost coverage in Berlin

30 August, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

/picture alliance, Miami Herald via ZUMA Press, Al Diaz Berlin The Berlin health insurance companies and associations and the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV) Berlin have agreed on the details for including the

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Even low alcohol consumption could increase risk of death

Even low alcohol consumption could increase risk of death

29 August, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

medicine Thursday, August 29, 2024 Madrid – Low alcohol consumption, which is currently considered harmless and perhaps even beneficial for health, was associated with an increase in the risk of overall death and cancer mortality

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Generics make statins cost-effective from 10-year risk

Generics make statins cost-effective from 10-year risk

29 August, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

medicine Thursday, August 29, 2024 Frankfurt am Main – The significant drop in prices since the introduction of generics has improved the cost-effectiveness of statin therapy. According to a study in medRXiv (2024; DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.14.24311999),

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Thousands of cases of sexual violence

29 August, 2024 doctor 0 Comments 1 category

Stefan Glaser (lr), head of jugendschutz.net, Lisa Paus (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Katharina Binz, Minister for Family Affairs of Rhineland Palatinate, and Marc Jan Eumann (SPD)

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