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Confidential help: medical staff secure traces of domestic and sexual violence Every third woman in Germany experiences physical and/or sexual violence at least once in her life.

MHH is a centre for high-risk pregnancies with pulmonary hypertension Little Amelie Maria lies in her mother's arms and looks curiously into the world with wide eyes.

A representative survey of 500 ultra-Orthodox Israeli adults during the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the role that digital media can play in promoting safer behavior by increasing compliance with g

03/17/2022 Cynthia Sharma studies how bacteria adapt to changing environments, focusing on RNA-binding proteins, about which very little is known so far.

Medical Informatics Initiative: MHH asks patients for support As of today, all inpatients at Hannover Medical School (MHH) can support medical research with their treatment data.

MHH Urology completes the treatment spectrum for benign prostate enlargement with two gentle procedures A frequent urge to urinate, going to the toilet at night, irregular urine stream - many men are familiar with these complaints.

Survey of 636 school pupils in the Freiburg area on their perception of the corona pandemic To find out how Freiburg school pupils are doing in the enduring corona pandemic, Dr. Sebastian Jäck

MHH receives three million euros for research on artificial blood cells to counter shortages of blood reserves Blood transfusions are among the most common procedures in hospitals.

MHH programme PRACTIS for the training of clinician scientists is supported with 1.3 million euros for another two years In order to provide patients with the best possible care, the latest scientific findings must be incorporated into diagnostics and therapy.

DKG certifies excellent quality of care for women at increased risk of breast and/or ovarian cancer If there is a high incidence of breast and/or ovarian cancer in the family or if women develop the disease at a young age, this is usually due to hereditary causes.

Joint study by MHH and HZI: vaccine proves safe and effective against liver fibrosis and liver cancer Liver cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. So far, the treatment options for two types of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), have been inadequate, while the number of new cases has been rising.

Research team led by the University of Göttingen designs customized training courses Cyber-attacks to hospitals pose an increasing threat to data security and healthcare in German hospitals.

Göttingen University hands over iwi kÅ«puna from collections to Hawaiian descendants When the anatomist Georg Thilenius excavated a number of skulls and skeletons on the island of Maui in 1897, he violated the prevailing Hawaiian laws that prohibited the removal of human remains from burial sites.

Dr. Irene Fernandez-Cuesta from the Department of Physics at Universität Hamburg and her team have received a grant of 150 000 euros from the European Research Council.

Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Published: Nikolai Miklucho-Maclay drew this representation of a human skull to illustrate notes of a lecture by Carl Gegenbaur.

Since statistical records began to be kept at the end of the 19th century, the life expectancy of new-born babies has more than doubled.

MHH Radiology puts computer tomograph with integrated laser navigation into operation Computer tomography (CT) is indispensable for modern diagnostics.

Together with an international team of experts, Professor Dr Oliver Cornely, head of the European Excellence Center for Invasive Fungal Infections at University Hospital Cologne, has conducted a study to investigate the current situation of clinical mycology - the treatment of fungal diseases - on the African continent, revealing significant deficits.

Dermatologists typically classify skin lesions based on multiple data sources. Algorithms that fuse the information together can support this classification. An international research team has now developed an algorithm that classifies skin lesions more accurately than previous algorithms by using an improved data fusion process.

01/14/2022 Do we have our best ideas while walking? Indeed, but even small movements while sitting improve creativity, as two researchers have discovered. Movement helps us to think creatively. This insight is over 2000 years old - and already known to the philosophers in ancient Greece. However, what is the connection between movement and cognition from a scientific point of view?

Rnatics, a startup at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has created an RNA-based drug to prevent lung damage from infections as seen in serious Covid-19 cases.

How can signal paths in the brain be visualized? What role do local production networks play in globalization? How can synthetic enzymes catalyze new reactions? Five research projects at the Technica

Despite myriad precautionary measures, virus-contaminated aerosols still pose a serious problem indoors.

For cardiac arrest victims, minutes can mean the difference between life and death. It's vital that medical emergency response teams get to them quickly, but in more remote, rural areas this can sometimes be difficult.

12/15/2021 Seeing masked people can activate pre-existing fear of coronavirus infection. A more positive image for masks could remedy the situation.

,,I had no recognizable symptoms" 14. Detecting lung cancer at an early stage: the HANSE Study, sponsored by the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) and the Lung Ambition Alliance, as the largest German early detection program, makes this its goal.

Vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been made possible by an unprecedented worldwide partnership. But mediacations against Covid-19 have as yet seen only partial success. With the support of the Bavarian Research Foundation, a Munich research team has developed a protein which has reliably prevented infection by the virus and its variants in cell tests.