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When washing becomes a compulsion
— 2 Apr 2011 11:28 | HealthObsessive-compulsive disorder is often diagnosed too late in children and adolescents. In the current issue of Deutsches Aerzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011; 108: 173-79),…
Vaccinated children not at higher risk of infections or allergic diseases
— 5 Mar 2011 13:06 | HealthMay vaccinations put too much strain on or weaken children's immune systems and are therefore harmful? Roma Schmitz and her colleagues from the Robert Koch Institute investigate exactly…
Hospital infections and multidrug-resistant pathogens
— 24 Feb 2011 20:02 | HealthInfections are among the most frequent complications of a stay in hospital and raise the complication and mortality rates. Calculations based on data from the Hospital Infection Surveillance…
Egg donation: The way to happy motherhood, with risks and side effects
— 25 Jan 2011 18:29 | HealthWomen who have become pregnant after egg donation should be categorised as high-risk patients. Why that is the case, and which consequences egg donation may have for women is the subject…
Awake despite anaesthesia
— 20 Jan 2011 16:10 | HealthOut of every 1000 patients, two at most wake up during their operation. Unintended awareness in the patient is thus classified as an occasional complication of anaesthesia - but being…
Treating fractures: Children are not miniature adults
— 5 Jan 2011 17:00 | HealthTreating fractures in children requires special knowledge of growth physiology. Incorrect treatment of bone fractures in child and adolescent patients is less often caused by technical…
The race against age
— 2 Dec 2010 19:37 | HealthImpairments to health and physical performance are not primarily a result of ageing but of unfavourable lifestyle habits and lack of exercise. This is the position taken by Dieter Leyk…
Epilepsy: Women need specific treatment
— 30 Nov 2010 21:15 | HealthDoctors treating female epilepsy patients have to take account of the specific hormonal situation in women. Such an approach can often reduce the limitations imposed by the disease.…
Bowel cancer: 8 years of colonoscopy screening in Germany - a success story
— 11 Nov 2010 11:59 | HealthBy the end of this year, colonoscopy screening will have prevented bowel cancer in approximately 99 000 people since it was introduced in Germany. This is the result obtained by Hermann…
Postoperative vomiting
— 5 Nov 2010 13:54 | HealthVomiting is unpleasant. Nearly 30% of all patients suffer from nausea and vomiting after surgery. The financial repercussions of this are longer patient stays in the recovery room,…