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Psoriasis: More Than Just a Skin Disease
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It causes skin cells to renew much faster than normal, resulting in red, scaly patches of skin. However, the disease does not only affect the skin; it is systemic and can also...
Same Active Ingredient, Different Name – What Are Generic Drugs?
Many people take medication regularly, whether to treat chronic conditions or to relieve acute symptoms. Patients often come across the term “generic drug” or wonder why their usual medication suddenly looks different or has a different name. But what are exactly...
Health in the Workplace: A Key to Sustainable Success
Why Health Is Becoming Increasingly Important at Work At a time when many people spend a large part of their day at work, the subject of health in the workplace is becoming increasingly important. Between meetings, emails, and deadline pressure, there is often little...
How New Medication Is Created
Pharmaceutical research is a highly complex and interdisciplinary field that is constantly working to gain new insights into disease mechanisms and develop innovative therapeutic approaches. According to the German Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical...
Did You Know: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a chronic condition of the heart caused by atherosclerotic changes (calcification) in the coronary arteries. These changes gradually narrow the affected arteries, leading to reduced blood flow to the heart muscle. Coronary...
How To Avoid Unwanted Drug Interactions
Medicines are often crucial for our health and healing, but they can also have adverse effects. Similar sounding drug names and misleading product names are some of the factors that can lead to medication errors and pose a risk to patients. An estimated five...
New functions, same price: changes to mediteo subscriptions
We have taken your feedback seriously and revised our subscriptions. For the first time, the dark mode is also available in the free version of mediteo. Existing supporters will also gain access to new functions. And the best thing is: the price of the subscriptions...
High Blood Pressure: Did You Take Your Blood Pressure Pills Today?
Have you ever asked yourself that? In stressful everyday life, it's easy to forget something, and taking medication is no exception. On average, only around half of all patients with high blood pressure take their medication as prescribed by their doctor. This is a...
Physical Fitness as the Basis for Mental Fitness
The term "brain jogging" is often associated with tasks such as memory training, rebus or puzzle games. However, the results of numerous studies in recent years have shown that the term should be taken quite literally. According to these studies, sport improves not...
Time Change and Medications
The time has come again: on the night of March 29 to 30, the clocks will go forward one hour, kicking off Daylight Saving Time. We can look forward to coming home after work when it is still bright and waking up to daylight in the morning. However,...
Enjoy Spring – Despite Pollen Allergy!
After the winter, we can finally see the sun again! It's getting warmer, the birds are chirping and the flower and grass are blooming again. What for some people is a reason to finally leave their house, is a reason to stay at home for others , because with spring...
What You Should Know About Colorectal Cancer and Its Screening
At around 5 meter long, the bowel is not only one of our largest organs, but also plays an important role in our health. That's why we want to share in this article some essential information on the important topic of colorectal cancer and how to prevent it....