Personal Health

The flu season has started – more than 13,000 cases

Cough, runny nose, hoarseness of the voice: Who was tending so far this Winter with such symptoms, the bed, felt perhaps vergrippt, suffered but probably a harmless cold. Since the turn of the year, experts found in samples of patients but, increasingly, real flu virus, the number of confirmed cases is rising. Officially, the flu […]

Health News

Berlin: capital of youth depression?

Young people in Berlin are more likely to be than in other cities due to school anxiety, Depression and mental health problems are treated. 12.5 cases of clinical Depression per 1,000 Jugenlichen 28 percent more than the national average. A third takes antidepressants Each third of the Treated took last year, at least once a […]

Health Problems

Berlin nightclub patrons urged to get meningitis test

Berlin authorities are calling on patrons of a nightclub in the German capital to immediately visit a doctor and get checked for bacterial meningitis after they may have been exposed to the contagious disease there. Authorities say one visitor to the KitKatClub who is currently suffering from the life-threatening illness likely contracted the disease there […]