In 2002, more than 10 million people from Germany traveled to rabies risk areas. The risk of the disease is underestimated by many travelers - mostly due to lack of information. In a survey of 1,200 travelers, more than 95 percent were not protected against rabies. The preventive vaccine against rabies plays in addition to other travel vaccinations such.

Loratadine is an antihistamine used to treat hay fever and skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis and hives. Ingestion relieves symptoms such as sneezing, burning eyes or itching. Compared to older antihistamines loratadine has significantly fewer side effects as it has no sedative effect.

The name is misleading, complains the sugar industry: The "diabetes" has nothing to do with sugar, especially with the sugar, which one likes to take and often with sweets or cakes. But although various studies are supposed to prove that the consumption of sugar is not causally related to the development of diabetes, overweight and malnutrition are now high on the list as factors in diabetes mellitus.

What promises a "negative calorie" diet sounds too good to be true: lose weight and achieve the desired weight by doing what is usually regulated in other diets: eating. So-called negative calories (sometimes misleadingly called negative foods) are meant to melt excess kilos by diet, help with weight loss and thus lead to the dream figure.

Article content Fruchtgummi & Co. - do you really make us happy? Fruit gums & Co. - Vitamins, flavors, colors Fruit gums & Co. - Additives are problematic It is well over 80 years old, just 2.2 centimeters in size and consists mainly of glucose syrup, sugar and gelatin. It is so popular that every German of them eats three kilos a year - we are talking about gummi bears.

Conscientious diving tourists check their equipment before the holidays and go to the sports medical examination. But that's not enough. A visit to a dentist is highly recommended by experts, because defective fillings can quickly lead to great pain when diving. Dental problems during the dive "Anyone who had to stop a dive or even a vacation due to a defective filling has had an extremely painful experience", comments Dirk Kropp, Managing Director of proDente, the lack of caution.

Omeprazole is an active substance that is used for inflammation and ulcers in the gastrointestinal area. Omeprazole can be used for therapy as well as for prevention. The goal is in both cases: to reduce the production of stomach acid by taking omeprazole. Omeprazole is primarily used to help alleviate and prevent pain in inflammation and ulcers in the esophagus, stomach or intestines by inhibiting gastric acid production.

Chicken soup has been used for centuries as a proven home remedy for diseases of the upper respiratory tract. But does this soup really help with recovery? The throat is scratching, the nose is running - in the past there was a hot chicken soup. That this is not just superstition, researchers from the University of Nebraska have now been scientifically proven in their studies.

Every third German suffers from a mental illness in the course of his life - most of them with depression. The number makes it clear that almost every person comes into direct or indirect contact with family members and friends with mental illnesses such as depression. To deal with the fact that a close relative is affected, and to recognize the depression as a disease is usually difficult.

In the Dukan Diet (Dukan Diet) is based on the consumption of lean dairy products, vegetables and protein-rich, but low-fat fish and meat. The mode of action of the Dukan diet is comparable to other protein-based diets. By eliminating carbohydrates, the body lacks the necessary energy, so it must attack fat reserves and convert them into energy.

Water treatments have been around for millennia. They were already known to the Greeks as a cure. The Romans, too - the numerous surviving spas show this - viewed public baths as cultural components of their daily lives. They were places of rest and social gathering in the cities.

Fasting has long been more than a religious ritual - today, for example, many are fasting for the sake of their health. More and more people resort to a detoxifying fasting cure to permanently cleanse the body of pollutants. Fasting is supposed to give the body back lost energies and make it healthy.