[Attention deficit syndrome (ADS)].

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Germany is diagnosed more often than in the past. Its growing popularity is one reason for this. In the USA and Switzerland, where ADHD is better known, ADHD is diagnosed twice as often as in Germany.

[Benign and malignant diseases of the prostate].

Due to higher male life expectancy coupled with increasing demand for insurance amongst older men, diseases of the prostate are becoming more significant in life insurance medicine. Suitable diagnostic procedures differentiate to a large extent between carcinoma of the prostate gland and prostatic hyperplasia or prostatitis. Acute as well as chronic prostatitis can be cured and, in general, has no effect on life expectancy.