MYTH: Antibiotics help against the coronavirus. FACT: Antibiotics generally have no effect on viruses and can only be used to treat bacterial diseases. COVID-19 is caused by a virus …
What does quarantine mean?
To protect public health, we should now stay at home and avoid unnecessary social contacts. Because of this, shops and schools have been closed and public …
Self-care routines for your everyday life
Nowadays, self-care is sometimes used as a collective term for things that you can buy: bath products, scented candles and wellness treatments promise a relaxing …
What Prescriptions Do Med-Healths Doctors Write?
You often know in advance which medications will help you and which ones you tolerate best – for example, if you have hay fever or …
Stay social in lockdown
We humans are social beings and as such we depend on one another. In the lockdown, however, our social behavior is put to the test. In March …
10 symptoms every woman should know about
Women are ill differently than men – and some symptoms and diseases are more common among them. dr Elisabeth Rosen, Med-Healths’s OB/GYN, shares the health issues every …
Pregnancy at 35 plus
More and more women decide to wait until later in life to start a family. The average age of first-time mothers in Europe today is between …
Complementary Medicine
Placebo Effect or Medical Miracle? The effect of globules, oil massages and manual therapies is controversial. And yet more and more people swear by the sometimes ancient …
Why do we faint?
Have you ever blacked out or been unconscious for a moment? This is mostly harmless. Nevertheless, you should have the cause clarified, especially if such incidents occur …
Proper protection from sunburn
Not only the plants, also we humans need sunlight to live. Soaking up some sun is good for our physical and mental well-being. However, too much UV …