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Forced x-ray in asylum-seeking children
Unaccompanied minor refugees are subjected to questionable X-ray examinations for age estimation purposes 04/12/2013 X-rays are very important in medicine,...
Copayment Exemption Limits for Pharmaceuticals 2012
New Coping Exemption Limits for Pharmaceuticals from 2012 onwards 08/01/2012 According to the Federal Association of German Pharmacist Associations (ABDA),...
Co-payments can change in the month
Co-payments may change during the current month20/10/2014 As the German Pharmacists Association (DAV) announced in a press release, the co-payments...
Co-payments for drugs have risen again
Pharmaceutical co-payments for cash-patients increase again. Statutory health insurance companies have to pay more and more for medicines 10.02.2011 Cash...
Assignments from the health fund lawful
Health insurance funds are not entitled to subsequent allocations from the health fund 05/21/2014 The Federal Social Court has confirmed...
Too much harmful salt in ready meals
Too much salt in ready meals: The consumer center warns of too high salt content of the ready meals. Too...
Too much hard antibiotics prescribed
Too much antibiotics: Human physicians and veterinarians criticize each other 08/10/2014 As we reported yesterday, the use of reserve antibiotics...
Too much weight raises blood pressure
Obesity promotes hypertension. (17.05.2010) Today is the world hypertension day. For this reason, numerous events take place to prevent excessive...