Interview with Henrik Jungaberle about psychedelic augmented psychotherapy (APT), new training programs for physicians and treatment outcomes that ought to be obtained.
"Where do I come from?" is a question we may ask ourselves. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Renneberg sent his own DNA on a journey through time to find this out.
1960. A physician in a remote Soviet base in Antarctica develops a very normal appendicitis. But he is not just a physician. He is THE only physician around.
The number of new gastric cancer cases has been steadily decreasing each year in all western countries. What do modern refrigerators have to do with this?
Big data already enables new predictive and diagnostic procedures, and even the forecasting of a disease's course. But what does this mean for medicine?
Digitalisation in hospitals has not translated into an increase of the time spent by medical personnel with patients. Could artificial intelligence help?
In the 18th century, masturbation was to blame for all ills. Some 19th century physicians wanted to prevent it at all costs, with bullying and even mutilation.
Fear of heights is extremely stressful for those affected. Immersive technologies such as virtual reality therapy are providing to be successful treatment options.
How does hadron therapy work? Which tumours can be treated with it? For how long does an hadron therapy session last? Our questions are answered by Dr Viviana Vitolo, a physician based at CNAO.
Prof. Angelika Eggert leads coordination efforts to treat Ukrainian pediatric cancer patients, and explains how their allocation is done across sixty clinics across Germany.
We're almost there, but medicine faces many challenges before humans can land on the Red Planet.
A young Guatemalan migrant arrives at the clinic with short breath and abnormal lung values. Could disseminated tuberculosis (common back home) be blamed?
The fight on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is gaining new arsenal. But global migration patterns are posing new challenges.
Dr. Dirk Heinrich (SpiFA Chairman) sheds light on the challenges posed by the arrival of Ukrainian war refugees in need of medical care in Germany.
We interview Dr. Paul Garassus, current European Union of Private Hospitals' president on refugee aid coordination in the countries bordering Ukraine.
The European Society of Emergency Medicine is preparing videos to urgently train Ukrainian health workers. The project is a collaboration with the WHO Academy.
Every war is followed by another. For Dr. Igor Auriant, the war in Ukraine is reminiscent of his mission in Liberia. There, too, death showed its vile face.
We interview Dr. Gaya Spolverato, Women in Surgery Italia" co-founder, which supports female surgeons to develop their full personal and professional potential.
Dr Rostyslav Boyko has launched an appeal to raise funds to support colleagues who are busy coping with what many believe could soon become a humanitarian catastrophe.
Convoys with medical supplies are traveling from Geneva to Kiev. Behind this operation is a humanitarian organisation of Swiss physicians, whose chairman is himself of Ukrainian origin.