Studies show – these 5 have an effect
Berlin. A healthy diet can help regulate blood pressure. The nutrition expert recommends these 5 blood pressure-lowering foods. High blood pressure does not appear overnight, but rather it is the result of a “chronic, gradual development,” says nutritionist Dr. Matthias Riedl. And this development is fueled by an incorrect diet, says the expert. The good […]
Live longer: Doctor and Longevity CEO reveals 3 nutritional tips
Dr. Joseph Antoun believes that our diet has the greatest influence on our longevity.Getty Images/ L-Nutra Diet plays a major role in our health and longevity, Joseph Antoun, doctor and CEO of L-Nutra, tells Business Insider A healthy diet could protect us from some of the leading causes of death, including heart disease. Antoun follows […]
How cycling can help your psyche
Cycling not only keeps you physically fit, it is also good for our mental health – in many different areas, as studies show. We show why cycling can help against anxiety, stress and anger. Cycling has many advantages. You are out in the fresh air, ideally in nature. In the city, you can often get […]
Care in an ageing society: Digital assistants make work more effective and replace missing staff
In NRW, several companies are working on digital assistants that are intended to make inpatient care more effective. The new applications are also intended to enable people to live longer in their own homes. A young woman is sitting in a wheelchair in the Irmgardis residence in Viersen. The 21-year-old has a high level of […]
Woman from Wismar switches from retail to care: “Here I experience much more gratitude”
Wismar/Grevesmühlen. She worked in retail for 25 years. When she found out that she was being made redundant, Andrea Witt decided to take a completely different career path. “I wanted to get out of the rat race,” says the 53-year-old. She went into nursing. “Here I experience so much gratitude. That has hardly been the […]
Klaus Holetschek on the nursing emergency, debureaucratization, social issues
Since the Bavarian state elections in 2023, Holetschek has led the CSU parliamentary group in the Maximilianeum – since then, he has been heard from much less in public. Holetschek has become more powerful as a result of his job change. Nothing can be done against him and his party in Bavaria; even Markus Söder […]
Influence of social media: New York wants to protect children
More control for parents: How New York wants to regulate social media by Celine Schuster, New York City 30.06.2024 | 09:59 a.m. The mental health of children in the USA is getting worse. One reason: social media. New York is passing a new law – and wants to give parents more influence. A good solution? […]
What the EHS Dresden has to do with community nurse Agnes
Dresden. The older generation will probably still know her: Sister Agnes. In the film of the same name produced by DEFA, the woman in her mid-fifties drives her white Schwalbe through the fictional town of Krummbach in Upper Lusatia to look after her patients as a community nurse. The film from 1975 still gets good […]
Care 2025: Which benefits will be increased in January?
The 2023 nursing care reform already brought about changes last year – such as higher contributions to nursing care insurance. A lot has also changed in nursing care in 2024. For example, the benefit amounts for nursing care allowance and nursing care benefits in kind were increased by five percent. According to the Federal Ministry […]
More staff, more time for patients
The situation in nursing is tense. More and more nurses are needed. At the same time, more and more nurses are leaving the sector or are absent for health reasons. We spoke to nursing union member Beatrix Eilitz about the everyday work of nurses and what politicians need to do to sustainably improve working conditions […]