It is often hard to diagnose and treat diseases that were caused by glands. As these endocrinological diseases occur quite often, a special centre was opened in the hospital of Innsbruck, Tyrol (Western Austria). Every fifth Austrian citizen suffers from a disease caused by glands. Obesity, diabetes or osteoporosis are only a few examples of […]
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The number of alcohol dependent youths in Austria has doubled in the last five years, according to experts at the Wagner Jauregg Clinic in Linz. Doctors at the clinic treat more than 7,000 people a year – 1,000 of which are admitted. As well as using traditional therapies and medication to treat patients, the clinic […]
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Health bosses are spending millions rebuilding an obesity clinic in Rissen, Austria, because their XXL patients are getting even fatter. Designers have created wider doors, reinforced beds with thicker mattresses, two metre-wide operating gowns and even super-sized paper undies. Officials say people have grown larger and larger since the clinic first opened and a typical […]
First ‘superbug’ infections reported
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Experts have warned against panicking after two NDM-1 cases have been registered in Austria.The federal health ministry announced today (Fri) that doctors at University Clinic Graz had found that two patients had intestinal bacteria resistant to commonly used hospital antibiotics.University Clinic Graz chief Gernot Brunner said: “Such multi-resistant germs appear all over the world from […]
Tyrolean crime investigators have began investigating surgeons who amputated a womans healthy leg by mistake before removing her other one.It emerged last week that bungling doctors amputated the womans healthy leg after she visited the clinic because of a serious vascular dysfunction. Surgeons were then forced to remove the diseased leg after realising their mistake.Local […]
A drug-addicted doctor who provided drug addicts in therapy with cocaine walked free from a Vienna court yesterday (Weds).Judge Patrick Aulebauer heard how suspended doc Peter A. supplied his patients with drugs before he was banned for life from the Doctors Chamber.Asked by the judge why he harmed his patients medical progress – who are […]
A former police dog trainer claims he has a pack of hounds with noses so sensitive they can sniff out lung cancer in patients.Wolfgang Gleichweit from Zeltweg, Styria, said his animals could detect minute traces of gasses given off by tumours in their earliest stages and particles of cancer-inducing compounds like Benzene breathed out from […]