The latest version of the "Recovery Plan" allocates approximately € 20 billion to the "healthcare mission". The central point of the project is to strengthen and redesign territorial healthcare.
Rising cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in parallel to the wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) variant. The African region, Afghanistan and Pakistan are particularly affected.
According to a study recently published in the European Respiratory Journal, wearing a protective mask only has a modest effect on healthy people’s ability to perform vigorous exercise.
Even young patients should react to the first signs of high blood pressure with lifestyle changes and medication if necessary.
Many are worried about the possible dangers of surgeries, therapies and diagnostics being cancelled or postponed due to the pandemic. Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schellong explains in an interview which health policy improvement potentials the pandemic is currently revealing.
The 127th DGIM Congress is making the COVID-19 pandemic into a thematic and organisational priority, given its historic implications for medicine, society and its lessons for the future.
Redirecting or closed wards for COVID-19 patients treatment, postponed elective surgeries, and schedules for absolutely necessary treatments. Could these measures be a model for post-pandemic healthcare?
Eng and Chang were two conjoined twins scrutinised by physicians. Often described as "freaks", they made their way through conservative western America, became fathers and even landowners.
Dr. Joris Galland, an internist and passionate about new technologies, discusses the advantages of using artificial intelligence to treat diabetes.
An interview with Dr. Thomas Fischbach on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's health and illness prevention.
In severe cases of COVID-19, the focus has been on the cytokine storm that characterises the infection from the outset. Two recently published studies have investigated the use of IL-6 receptor antagonists against this storm.
From 20 to 24 April, the Sports, Medicine and Health Summit 2021 will combine medical research with health policy and popular science aspects.
The EMA considers that the benefit-risk balance of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine remains positive, and that, overall, there is no association with thromboembolic disorders.
Our microbiome equally influences health and disease; and could play a role in cancer development, therapy success, or tumour progression.
Between 5-8 May 2021, experts from various fields will meet online for the 11th international Charité Mayo Conference under the motto "Global Perspectives and Future Directions in Women's Cancer"
A group of researchers forms new German “Centre for Mental Health” to work on early, personalised and preventive treatment of mental illness.
A YouGov survey in six European countries gathered data on the uptake of Corona vaccines from BioNTech/Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna.
With increased pollen levels in the air, higher rates of SARS-CoV-2 infections can be observed. This is the conclusion of a large-scale study conducted by an international team of researchers.
Researchers have discovered that components of the biochemical pathway controlled by Wnt, a family of glycoproteins, could be a therapeutic target for antitumor compounds.
Finding one's identity is a topic that has probably occupied every human being from birth until his/her death: "Who am I, how do I see myself and how do my fellow human beings perceive me?”