Type 1 diabetes can affect anyone

The forchheim clinical center is taking part in a study by the helmholtz center in munich on the early detection of type 1 diabetes. This is an autoimmune disease that is becoming increasingly prevalent in children.
According to a press release from the hospital, between 2100 and 2300 children up to the age of 15 fall ill with the disease every year throughout germany. Certain antibodies are wrongly directed against the body’s own tissue – against the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas – and destroy them.
The causes are only partially known: "in the past, we thought there was a single cause of diabetes, but we’ve moved away from that. We now know that it is an interplay of different factors", says professor annette-gabriele ziegler, director of the institute for diabetes research at the helmholtz center munich. Genetic and environmental factors as well as immune system responses are involved in the development of type 1 diabetes.

Free screening

Since the 1. January the forchheim clinical center participates in the "freder1k study, an early detection screening of newborns that analyzes genetic components. In this unique europe-wide project of the institute for diabetes research at the helmholtz center, parents have the opportunity to have their child tested free of charge for the risk of developing type 1 diabetes in connection with regular newborn screening.
The test uses two drops of blood from the baby’s heel or umbilical cord to determine whether risk genes are present. Children who carry these risk genes and develop diabetes usually have no relatives with diabetes. That means the disease can affect anyone. The screening is suitable for children up to the age of four months.
The forchheim clinic sends in the blood drops. Parents receive no notification if test results are normal. The screening is voluntary. 92 percent of those born in january 2018 take the exam.

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Rene lezard: mayor sees good chances for laid-off workers

Rene lezard: mayor sees good chances for laid-off workers

Rene lezard, a premium fashion manufacturer based in schwarzach, announced last week that it would be laying off 47 of its 107 employees. The layoffs, cushioned by a social plan, are to be completed in the first half of 2019.

A development with highs and lows

Mayor volker schmitt has mixed feelings about the development of the company, which has been reeling for years. The reduction of almost 50 percent of the jobs in schwarzach is a serious cut, but on the other hand, they are glad "that the location will be preserved. Sometimes shrinking is healthy, too, says schmitt. Rene lezard has so far been the second-largest employer in the market town, explains schmitt, looking ahead to the next few months. The only major company is the munsterschwarzach monastery, which employs more than 300 people.

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Over 11000 euros help storm victims

Over 11000 euros help storm victims

It has been almost five weeks since the unicef children’s festival in mitwitz castle park attracted about 1200 visitors. Now the head of the unicef working group in upper franconia, gisela schardt, has announced that the amount has been raised: 11,057 euros have gone to unicef emergency aid. "Every cent of it will go to the victims of the cyclone "idai" the earthquake that struck mozambique, zimbabwe and malawi in march of this year. So we can always do something good twice at the same time. At the unicef children’s festival, we make the children who come to us happy, and then our donations go to needy children all over the world."

Gisela schardt also provided information about the challenges facing aid organizations: "it was a great misery when the cyclone hit, but unicef, with its many years of experience, is networked all over the world, and its staff can be deployed very quickly." Unfortunately, in order to be able to help adequately, much more is needed than just medical care, clean water and something to eat. "Children should be able to go to school again, they should feel safe and secure in their free time, protected in their home environment." After the disaster pictures that everyone immediately had in mind, gisela schardt also drew more pleasant pictures of children who have enough to eat and drink and a place to sleep safely. "And if we can contribute something to this, then that makes me and my team infinitely happy."

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New wine law: more clarity and a sharper profile

New wine law: more clarity and a sharper profile

The look at the wine label should no longer leave consumers at a loss: federal agriculture minister julia klockner has presented the draft for a new wine law to the cabinet, which is intended to improve the business of german winegrowers and offer wine lovers more orientation.

The CDU politician said in berlin that the core of the project was to raise the profile of the origin of german wines. The wine producers are internationally respected, but have been losing market share in international comparisons for years, and domestic demand is also "rather sluggish.

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Putting a stop to the black coats in the district of kulmbach

Who knows the comic heroes asterix and obelix, knows that wild boars are the highest of feelings for the brave gauls. They go hunting almost every day, and in the evening they can enjoy the hunt’s prey grilled over the fire.

In germany, the so-called black boar is less revered, it has now become more of a problem. In the last decades it has increased according to the wildtierportal bavaria strongly, tendency rising. "The number of wild boars must be controlled regularly and reduced if necessary in order to limit the damage they cause", david buchwald, press officer at the district office in kulmbach, gives information about the situation.

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Horse in the hospital furth: before she died, this patient was allowed to make a wish

Doctors, nurses and caregivers often have little time in their daily hospital routine – hospital staff have too many responsible tasks to perform. All the more touching and unusual is the action made possible by the staff of the palliative care unit of the hospital in furth.

Together with the wittinghof riding stable, they fulfilled the last wish of a terminally ill MS patient last week and committed a gross abuse in return. According to the hospital in furth, the critically ill 58-year-old had wished to be able to pet her favorite horse once again.

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Munnerstadt’s construction crew at the spring cleanup

Munnerstadt's construction crew at the spring cleanup

Spring work had to be postponed again and again because of frost and bad weather. Now the head of the building yard, stefan sluzar, is hoping that the weather will cooperate to some extent this week and in the weeks to come. The paths and playgrounds throughout the city are to be repaired as quickly as possible.

Started the bauhof employees on the damm. There the winter, but also the braveheartbattle have left their mark. It is the roads and paths that have been particularly affected by the constant change from frost to thaw this year. "We are in the process of eliminating the most serious traffic hazards", says sluzar. This year, the condition of the roads connecting fridritt to fridritt and wermerichshausen to seubrigshausen is particularly bad. The old roads were not built for the loads of today’s traffic.But sluzar woman: "no one can pay for rubbing out". So they are being repaired.
A construction yard team is currently taking care of the gravel paths in the entire city area. There are several in the city center alone. The footpaths along the flood embankment require special attention. Because it is not only a matter of providing walkers with a proper recreational area, but also of the best possible maintenance of the dam as a protective facility.

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Super bowl: emotional showdown in new orleans

Super bowl: emotional showdown in new orleans

The emotion of the showdown for the most important sports trophy in the united states will give many goose bumps as the best teams of the national football league nfl and the two coaches john and jim harbaugh compete.

In the late summer of that year, tens of thousands of people in the city on the banks of the mississippi river desperately sought refuge from the floodwaters of hurricane katrina, which had inundated 80 percent of the city. The sports arena with the domed roof, the superdome, became an island of hope for many people, but was itself affected by the forces of nature. The repair cost more than 200 million dollars. "It’s nice to see the superdome back in such great shape," stresses baltimore coach john harbaugh.

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Despite winning the lottery: instead of 24.000 euros nothing won

Despite winning the lottery: instead of 24.000 euros nothing won

The 71-year-old made a crucial mistake: he played his system ticket with his customer card in the kiosk where he works and which, according to hessen lotto, belongs to his wife. However, according to the state treaty on gambling, neither the owners of sales outlets nor their employees are allowed to do so.

Around 24.According to his own information, henning had won 000 euros with this ticket. Now he gets instead the 36,25 euro stake refunded again. First the "bild"-zeitung had reported about it.

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The healing significance of sound

The healing significance of sound

The oberaurach burger project "burgers help burgers" invited a few days ago to an extraordinary sound event in the "sternstubla" in trossenfurt. The speaker, sound therapist ursula diroll, took the listeners into the world of sounds. She informed about tibet, the country of origin of the singing bowls, and how the secret knowledge was passed on from the monasteries. She also explained the importance of sound, its effect on the human body, and its potential for use in the private sphere as well as in social institutions and in the health sector. She explained that sound is energy that moves from cell to cell through the body.

Introduction to the instruments

Afterwards ursula diroll presented all the instruments used in this form of sound therapy and talked about their variety of tones and the importance of the overtones. To the remarkable equipment numbers: cymbal and temple bell, which free the mind; 13 different coarse singing bowls, which are set up and played according to the human energy system; furthermore a sound couch strung with piano strings and a monochord; the male tam tam and the female feng gong, which do a remarkable job; a whole body bowl, in which the sound moves upwards in a spiral form through the body of the person played on, and existing blockages gradually dissolve. An impressive sound experience followed for the women. For this purpose, the participants lay down on the couches provided to facilitate deep relaxation, which was not difficult for them. Because the sound carpet that spread in the room had a very soothing and harmonizing effect.
At the end, the listeners, now noticeably balanced and decelerated, spoke about their experiences. Organizer anita amend summed up that they have successfully entered a new terrain. There have already been many lectures on orthodox medicine at "burgers helping burgers" given. The women made the experience that sound therapy can be regarded as a health precaution, since pollutants are eliminated by the newly stimulated cell vibration and therefore each cell is detoxified. Ursula diroll emphasized that sounds cleanse the body and activate the metabolism.

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