Early diagnosis helps to eliminate a heart attack
Heart diseases and myocardial infarction are one of the main causes of death, and every year the number of people suffering from heart disease increases. According to WHO statistics for 2012, mortality from cardiovascular diseases was about 36% of all deaths. Myocardial infarction is an extreme manifestation of a lack of blood supply...
Stroke Treatment in Germany
A stroke is a significantly severe neurological disease. It can be hemorrhagic and ischemic. A hemorrhagic stroke happens in 15% of cases, but it is more severe. It occurs due to ruptured blood vessels, which result in a hemorrhage in the brain. Fatality amounts to 70% in the absence of timely surgical treatment. Ischemic stroke...
Treatment in Germany: Pediatric Orthopedics
The reasons why children might need an orthopedic doctor are numerous. It can be for minor developmental issues or congenital defects of joint development, traumas, posture disorders, scoliosis, or autoimmune or infectious inflammatory processes that can lead to the deterioration of joints. Since many of these pathologies have a more...
The world’s latest chemotherapy technologies
Chemotherapy has for many years been one of the leading focuses of oncology. All the while, it is constantly being improved through the development of new drugs, which are more effective and better tolerated. The administration of these drugs into the patient’s body is also being improved. Let’s look at the main innovations in chemotherapy...
Diagnostics and treatment of allergy in the best German hospitals
Are you tired of waking up with itchy eyes and a runny nose during Spring? Human beings are surrounded by countless foreign substances. Some of the most common substances, like dust or pollen, can cause a hypersensitive reaction if a person’s immune system starts fighting these seemingly harmless substances. Histamine is...
The MRI scan in Germany
In developed countries, such as Germany, the MRI method is increasingly used to visualize internal organs and tissues. It makes possible to receive the 3D image by the sections of tissues up to 1 mm. That is why it allows to diagnose various pathologies even at the early stages. The informative value of MRI surpasses the...
Benign brain tumors: can they be benign and dangerous at the same time?
The attitude of patients and healthcare professionals to benign brain tumors is rather contradictory. On one hand, such tumors are not connected to the oncological process – they grow slowly or even remain the same size, do not invade nearby tissues and organs, and stay at the site of origin without metastasizing.
Proton therapy – advanced cancer treatment method
Proton therapy is the most modern method of radiation therapy. Proton therapy has been carried out since the 2000s, and during this time, it has proven itself as a highly accurate and effective treatment method for malignant tumors. The essence of radiation therapy is the destruction of DNA in cancer cells, with the help of ionizing radiation.
