Easy and Fun against viruses Dopey! During the winter months flu and common colds are booming. If caught yourself with clapboard, scratchy throat and heavy limbs through the day. Then why so many people fall ill, has several reasons. On the one hand the cold season extended the infectivity of the virus, on the other hand the public transport system are clearly full. Tightly sitting people create situation when the viruses have an easy time finding a victim.

The bile ducts are a delicate transition system through which the bile is transported from their place of origin, the liver, to the intestine. Here it performs important work in digestion, especially fatty foods. Because the bile ducts are very close and branched, imaging techniques for the diagnosis of diseases such as biliary strictures, gallstones or tumors for modern medical devices are a challenge.

Ebola is the “plague of the modern era”. But Ebola is as dangerous and there is really what protection against infection? These questions are answered below.

HIV and AIDS call in us a particular fear. Opposite HIV-positive people there is still reluctance the part of society. In today’s blog post some known prejudices and fears will be reviewed.

Alcohol – addiction or pleasure? Alcohol enjoys wide acceptance in our society, not least because it is in this country legally. The fact that nevertheless is a drug that is forgotten. Dancing, football matches, open air festivals or parties you can not imagine without alcohol. They belong to each other seemingly simple and the selection of mixed drinks is huge. Who does not drink alcohol, is regarded as stuffy, because alcohol makes fun and easy and also helps while relaxing.

We are visual people – the eye gives us more impressions from our environment than any other sense organ. If the vision impaired, we feel quickly cut off from the world. The modern technical aids in everyday life, such as smart phone or tablet computer poses major demands on our eyes.

The holiday period is for many people the best time of the year. Whether at home or away from home, holiday means to relax and recover from the stress of everyday life. This is also true for diabetics, which are open with the right preparation and remote destinations.

Around 70,000 people are diagnosed with colon cancer every year in US. This is makes it the third most common cancer after breast and prostate cancer. What makes it so particularly dangerous: it has no symptoms in its early stages and is often only discovered when the disease is already well advanced. This cancer is often curable if it is detected early enough.

Pain or restricted movement in the hips are one of the most common reasons why patients visit their orthopedists. In approximately 220,000 cases per year result in discomfort in the hip in US used an artificial hip joint. What many patients do not know: There is a whole range of joint-preserving treatment methods.

Already more than two thousand years, the ancient Greeks knew about the healing effects of fasting. Today, people try to compensate by fasting the stress of an unhealthy diet. But what really brings fasting for body and soul and who is it for?