German government OKs health care spending cuts; premium hikes to combat deficit
Germany OKs health care spending cuts BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has agreed to raise health insurance premiums and trim profits for medical professionals as part of efforts to control a deficit in the health care system. Mosquitoes themselves may one day become anti-malaria `syringes’BERLIN - A team of German scientists may have discovered a “needle-free” malaria vaccine by combining antibiotics with malaria-infected mosquitoes - effectively using mosquitoes themselves as “syringes”. German director, actor and artist Christoph Schlingensief dies of cancer at age 49
Caster Semenya eager to put gender tests behind her, concentrate on 2012 Olympics
In Berlin, Semenya eager to forget gender tests Obese people in Germany faces ‘fat tax’BERLIN - Overweight people who pursue unhealthy lifestyles should pay higher taxes in order to cover the extra costs they create for Germany’s healthcare system, a conservative lawmaker has said. German gov’t cuts health care spending, increases premiums in health care reform package
Germany cuts health care spending, raises premiums German court allows screening for genetic defects in IVF embryos
German court allows gene diagnose of IVF embryos Correction: Germany right-to-die story
Correction: Germany right-to-die story BERLIN — In a story June 25 about a right-to-die case, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Germany’s top criminal court legalized assisted suicide. The court didn’t rule on the issue of assisted suicide. The case involved a woman in a vegetative coma who was being kept alive through an intravenous feeding tube, though not terminally ill. The court overturned the attempted manslaughter conviction of a lawyer who had told the woman’s daughter she could remove the tube from her mother. The woman had previously said she did not want to be kept alive under such circumstances. German court rules assisted suicide not punishable if patient has consented
Germany: Assisted suicide OK if patient consents Smoking during breast feeding can damage baby’s healthBERLIN - Mothers who smoke not only damage their children during pregnancy but can also negatively affect their development in the breast-feeding phase. To sleep at night, overcome stress during dayBERLIN - Dealing with mental stress during the daytime is one way to get a good night’s sleep as the body cannot switch itself into a relaxed mode at the push of a button, according to Professor Thomas Pollmaecher of the German Society of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Neurological Healing. U2 frontman Bono undergoes emergency back surgery in Munich hospital; tour postponed
U2’s Bono has emergency back surgery in Germany Domingo makes heroic return to stage after cancer surgery as ‘Simon Boccanegro’ at La Scala
Domingo returns to stage after cancer surgery as “Simon Boccanegro” at La Scala more images German hospital: Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak recovering well from surgery
German hospital: Egypt’s Mubarak recovering well Take care with ‘energy shot’ drinksBERLIN - Overindulging in “energy shot” drinks can have consequences, warn consumer safety organisations. The shots are more concentrated per litre than standard energy drinks, warns the consumer centre of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. Lufthansa: Pilots launch 4-day strike expected to disrupt travel around the world
Lufthansa: Pilots launch 4-day strike BERLIN — More than 4,000 pilots for Germany’s Lufthansa AG airline launched a four-day strike early Monday that is expected to cause headaches for travelers around the world. Pilots offer to talk with Lufthansa before strike; German minister urges both to compromise
Pilots offer to talk with Lufthansa before strike Stop snoring; here’s howBERLIN - For people who want to stop snoring, it often helps if they sleep on their side or with their upper body in a slightly raised position, the German Otolaryngologists Association noted. Losing weight can also help and snorers should refrain from a nightcap before going to bed, it said. Doctoring the love sick with fluffy socksBERLIN - Getting over a broken heart begins with a pair of wool socks at Elisabeth Stoffel-Laeufer’s practice. World held its breath as swine flu grew into pandemic (Flashback 2009)BERLIN - Latin cultures have made physical proximity one of their trademarks: people regularly kiss each other hello and goodbye. Agent: Eric Woolfson, co-founder of Alan Parsons Project rock group, dies at 64
Exercise lowers stroke riskBERLIN - Climbing stairs daily helps to lower the risk of suffering a stroke, according to the German Stroke Foundation. It noted that getting too little exercise and being overweight were among the risk factors for a stroke. German prosecutors drop probe of Russian businessman linked to poisoned spy case
Germany drops probe linked to Litvinenko case Baby born in Germany to woman despite her being in coma for last 22 weeks of pregnancyBaby born in Germany to woman in coma BERLIN — A German hospital says a woman has given birth to a healthy baby despite having been in a coma for the last 22 weeks of her pregnancy. Poisoning at group therapy session in Germany, 2 people die, doctor detained2 people die in poisoning at German therapy group BERLIN — A doctor leading a group therapy session gave participants drugs and other substances that killed two and left 10 hospitalized, Berlin police said Sunday. One person was left comatose and in critical condition. German AIDS group uses Hitler look-alike in awareness videoGerman AIDS video uses Hitler look-alike BERLIN — An AIDS awareness video is using an Adolf Hitler lookalike to illustrate its point that “AIDS is a mass murderer.” |
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