Non-evidence-based benefits in statutory health insurance: Risky cost driver
The statutory health insurance (GKV) in Germany finances services from the special therapeutic directions that are medically not or only insufficiently evidence-based. These include homeopathic treatments and medicines, anthroposophical approaches and phytotherapeutic...
Chronic oxycodone exposure in pregnancy impairs fetal heart development
Chronic oxycodone exposure during pregnancy leads to profound changes in the proteome of placental small extracellular vesicles (PSEVs) and interferes with molecular signaling pathways associated with fetal cardiomyopathy. This is shown by a new preclinical study from...
analytica 2026: Siemens study sets new standards for laboratory ventilation in life sciences
At analytica 2026, Siemens presented the results of the world's first independent comparative study on laboratory ventilation systems in the life science sector. The PEARL study provides comparable data under real load conditions for the first time and enables direct...
analytica 2026 focuses on digital transformation of the laboratory world
The world's leading trade fair for laboratory technology, analytics and biotechnology will focus on the digital transformation of the industry at analytica from March 24 to 27, 2026. Automated analyses, robot support and AI-supported data evaluation characterise the...
Bochum: New copper active ingredient kills cancer cells a hundred times more effectively
A new copper-based drug complex uses the mechanism of cuproptosis for targeted cancer therapy. The approach of the research group led by Prof. Dr. Johannes Karges at Ruhr-Universität Bochum is up to 100 times more effective than established chemotherapeutic agents and...
University Medical Center Halle expands cryogenic storage facility for long-term biospecimen storage
The University Medical Center Halle is significantly expanding its cryogenic warehouse on the Steintor Medical Campus. There, blood, tissue and cell samples are preserved for decades at extremely low temperatures down to minus 160 degrees Celsius. The project is...
Medical Informatics Initiative Creates Powerful Data Infrastructure for Research and Care
Over the past ten years, the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) has built up a nationwide infrastructure that makes clinical care data usable for research on a large scale. At the MII Symposium on 24 and 25 March 2026 in Leipzig, the participants drew a positive...
App offers cancer patients cognitive behavioral therapy against sleep disorders
Up to 60 percent of cancer survivors suffer from sleep disorders. A new smartphone app is now to offer them evidence-based help. Researchers at Memorial University in Newfoundland are launching a nationwide clinical trial of the iCANSleep app, which brings cognitive...
Hemodialysis causes around 3.7 tons of CO₂ per patient per year
Hemodialysis in Germany has a considerable impact on the climate. An average of 3.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents are produced per person treated per year. This is shown by a recent study by the German Society of Nephrology (DGfN) with the participation of its commission...
New S3 guideline calls for targeted tuberculosis screening for immigrants
Just in time for World Tuberculosis Day, the German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine (DGP) has published the new S3 guideline "Tuberculosis prevention in newly immigrant people". The guideline proposes a fundamental restructuring of the current...
