Tag: Medicine
Bacteria: EU wants to reward pharmaceutical companies for new antibiotics
From Björn Finke, Brussels The World Health Organization (WHO) is already talking about a “silent pandemic”: Common antibiotics are becoming increasingly ineffective against bacterial infections. The pathogens are resistant to…
Medicine: Breakthrough? Third HIV cure after stem cell transplant
After similar cases in Berlin and London, now the “Düsseldorf patient”: Once again, a special therapy freed an HIV-infected person from the virus. Could the method be used widely? For…
“Düsseldorf patient”: Third HIV cure after stem cell transfer – Health
Since the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1983, research has regularly made progress in the fight against the pathogen. How the journal Nature Medicine Now reported, for…
Heart defects: This is how children are helped thanks to the latest medicine
by Constanze Loeffler 02/19/2023, 16:58 8 mins Around 8,000 children are born in this country every year with a heart defect. In one third, the heart defect is so complex…
Health: Every minute counts
Who will help stroke patients in the future when the distances to the hospital become longer? The care could deteriorate, warns the neurologist Helge Topka. source site
Research on the origin of Sars-CoV-2 is blocked out of calculation. – Health
comment by Werner Bartens Science is rarely neutral. Whether the researchers involved pursue their work out of curiosity, in search of truth or for the sake of pure knowledge, there…
Erlangen: Historical sanatorium and nursing home is to be demolished – Bavaria
Interviewed by Olaf Przybilla, Erlangen Andreas Frewer is a professor of ethics in medicine at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) in Erlangen, where most of a historic sanatorium and nursing home is currently…
Demolition of a place of victims in Erlangen: “Would someone demolish a concentration camp?” – Bavaria
Andreas Frewer is a professor of ethics in medicine at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) in Erlangen, where most of a historic sanatorium and nursing home is currently being demolished. Several hundred sick…
Marburg Virus Outbreak: Symptoms, Transmission and Treatment – Health
Nine people have died in Equatorial Guinea from the life-threatening Marburg virus. The World Health Organization confirmed the outbreak on Monday evening in the Central African country where 16 other…
Marburg Virus FAQ: Symptoms, Transmission and Treatment – Health
Nine people have died in Equatorial Guinea from the life-threatening Marburg virus. The World Health Organization confirmed the outbreak on Monday evening in the Central African country where 16 other…