Drugs chief wants easier access to cannabis
Federal Drugs Commissioner Marlene Mortler said that seriously ill patients should have access to cannabis through their health insurance provider.
West tested drugs on '50,000 East Germans'
Western drug companies tested pharmaceuticals on more than 50,000 people in the former communist East Germany, often without the knowledge of patients, several of whom died, <i>Der Spiegel</i> reported on Sunday.
One in four hearts skip the waiting list
New figures have revealed another opportunity for corruption in Germany's organ transplant system - not only can doctors pretend patients are sicker than they are to bump them up the queue - data on organs can also be manipulated.
Study: net replacing drugs as youth habit
Young people are getting hooked on the internet more than drugs, a new report says. As many as 250,000 14 to 24-year-olds are now addicted to the internet, while drug abuse is dropping.
Germany ready to inseminate you, minister says
German Family Minister Kristina Schröder has proposed a plan to help finance artificial insemination treatments for childless couples in a bid to encourage more people to use the method.
Burnout forces Rangnick to quit as Schalke coach
Schalke 04 coach Ralf Rangnick said he was resigning his post at the Bundesliga side due on Thursday to extreme burnout syndrome.
High court upholds Bavaria's porous smoking ban
Germany’s high court in Karlsruhe on Thursday ruled that Bavaria’s looser implementation of its smoking ban is constitutional.