health check glossary

The German Society for Infectious Diseases (DGI) recommends October and November as the best time for the flu vaccination. The first cases of flu have already occurred in the last few weeks.

Scientific studies show that Coffee is better for your health than its reputation. While experts have long argued about how its consumption affects the cardiovascular system and assumed negative consequences, more recent studies suggest a protective effect.

The Homöopathie represents a targeted drug treatment in which the greatest care is taken to find the right drug for the individual with his or her specific disease. It is a scientific Medicine without ideologically motivated or speculative elements.

During a complete health check, doctors recommend practice clinic for Diagnostics and Preventive Medicine in Bornheim near Cologne, Bonn and Düsseldorf also measure bone density in order to detect osteoporosis at an early stage.

Read here which laboratory parameters a complete blood test includes.

For specific questions, we cooperate with laboratories that specialize in certain diagnostics.

Many younger people in particular are familiar with regular, severe headaches. Migraine the cause or strong tension and Stress make triggerBoth are very unpleasant, but not really dangerous to your health and they usually subside with age. However, the situation is different if frequent recurring headaches occur or recur after the age of 60. They can be caused by vascular diseases in the head area, a tumor, meningitis or brain hemorrhage.

Take headaches seriously after 60

Education is needed, even though it is a widespread disease. Every year around 665.000 people in Germany suffer from coronary heart disease (CHD). Almost 60.000 subsequently die from a Heart attack.

The optimal body fat percentage is 11-17% for men and between 19 and 22% for women. By determining the body fat deposit, conclusions can be drawn about the active body substance (muscles, bone structure). 

Who under varicose veins or Varices sufferers often initially view this as more of a cosmetic problem. However, they not only affect the quality of life, but represent a serious illness. The cause is inherited or lifestyle-related vascular changes.

Synonyms for Hospital are clinic, clinic or hospital. In the past, hospitals were mostly run by monks or nuns. We have known the modern hospital since the 18th century. While hospitals used to be more of an institution for caring for the poor, the functions of the hospital have changed in the last century.

To define the term Disease To define health, it is first of all useful to use the definition of health in the Constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO) of 22.07.1946: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not the mere absence of Diseases or infirmity".

In medicine, Cancer used as a synonymous German term for a malignant tumor. Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in women. Around 60 women in Germany, or one in ten women, are diagnosed with it every year. Around 000 women die of breast cancer. 10% of the women affected are younger than 18 years old. Lung cancer is still the most common cause of cancer death in men (the third most common in women).

The Bornheim practice clinic near Cologne and Bonn specializes in a complete health check.

A screening should try to prevent the two most common causes of death. These are the dreaded cancer, but also cardiovascular diseases such as Stroke and heart attack.

Measuring the lactic acid concentration allows conclusions to be drawn about the level of training or the current performance capacity.