What is psychosomatic medicine?

Psychosomatic medicine focuses on the interactions between mind and body and the powerful ways in which emotional, mental, social and spiritual factors can directly affect health. Psychosomatic medicine focuses on the study and treatment of those emotional disturbances that are manifested as physical disorders. The term psychosomatic emphasizes essential unity of the psyche and the…

What does it mean to be a doctor in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine?

    Being a healthcare recruiting agency with a lot of vacant positions in the field of Psychosomatic medicine and Psychotherapy in Germany we are often asked by our candidates: “Is this specialty similar to other specialties in other countries?” “What does a doctor do if he chooses to start his residency program in the…

The German experience of a young Romanian Surgeon

Once Romania entered the European Union in 2007, significant advantages for the highly skilled and educated were created with the liberalization of the labor-market. Gabriel B. lives in Germany since 2007, and is currently in the 5th residency year as a General Surgeon. After graduating medicine in 2007, Gabriel moved to Nordrhein-Westfalen in a city…

Nobel Prize for Medicine 2012

Stockholm – British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discovering that mature, specialized cells of the body can be reprogrammed into stem cells – a discovery that scientists hope to turn into new treatments. Scientists want to harness the reprogramming to create replacement…

Bulgarian parliament passed amendments to human medicine act

Sofia 4 September 2012. Bulgarian parliament passed Tuesday the amendments to the Medical Products in Human Medicine Act. The draft bill for amendments and supplements to the act, filed by the Council of Ministers, was adopted with 91 votes “for”, 2 votes “against” and 18 abstentions. The amendments proposed by MP Vanyo Sharkov with the…

Romania: European Funds for Rural Medical Practices

The representatives of the Romanian Ministry of Health announce the medical professionals that intend to establish medical practices in the rural districts that they can obtain non reimbursable financing for the work they perform. The funds are being allocated via the National Rural Development Program, conducted by the European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development (FEADR/…