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GPs 'should check kids for internet addiction'

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 17:08:15 +0200

The government's special commissioner for drug dependency said on Thursday that doctors need to start assessing teenagers for addiction to the internet.

Drugs chief wants easier access to cannabis

Tue, 03 Feb 2015 09:48:41 +0100

Federal Drugs Commissioner Marlene Mortler said that seriously ill patients should have access to cannabis through their health insurance provider.

West tested drugs on '50,000 East Germans'

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:34:00 +0200

Western drug companies tested pharmaceuticals on more than 50,000 people in the former communist East Germany, often without the knowledge of patients, several of whom died, Der Spiegel reported on Sunday.

One in four hearts skip the waiting list

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:37:00 +0200

New figures have revealed another opportunity for corruption in Germany's organ transplant system - not only can doctors pretend patients are sicker than they are to bump them up the queue - data on organs can also be manipulated.

Study: net replacing drugs as youth habit

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:03:00 +0200

Young people are getting hooked on the internet more than drugs, a new report says. As many as 250,000 14 to 24-year-olds are now addicted to the internet, while drug abuse is dropping.

Germany ready to inseminate you, minister says

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:11:00 +0100

German Family Minister Kristina Schröder has proposed a plan to help finance artificial insemination treatments for childless couples in a bid to encourage more people to use the method.

Burnout forces Rangnick to quit as Schalke coach

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:56:00 +0200

Schalke 04 coach Ralf Rangnick said he was resigning his post at the Bundesliga side due on Thursday to extreme burnout syndrome.

High court upholds Bavaria's porous smoking ban

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:23:00 +0200

Germany’s high court in Karlsruhe on Thursday ruled that Bavaria’s looser implementation of its smoking ban is constitutional.

Investigators probe 480 doctors for corruption

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:16:00 +0200

German state prosecutors are to open investigations into 480 doctors suspected of helping to sell medication in exchange for rewards from a pharmaceutical company, Der Spiegel reported Saturday.