ASKED: AI against premature ejaculation
The first artificial intelligence in the field of sexual counseling in German-speaking countries is launched - and MedLabPortal wanted to know exactly what it means. The background: Beatrix Roidinger and Best Lover - Institute for Male Sexuality will launch "Best...
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" (PHEIC). This is the third known outbreak of the rare bundibugyo virus, for which there are no...
University Hospital Dresden participates in the nationwide model project genome sequencing
The University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden is participating in the nationwide model project Genome Sequencing. The analysis of the entire genome is intended to identify genetic changes in patients with a previously unknown cause of the disease – especially in...
Technical University of Munich opens new Center for Infection Prevention
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has opened the new Center for Infection Prevention (ZIP). The interdisciplinary research center is intended to better control resistant pathogens even without antibiotics and minimize their spread. The federal government and...
Expert Tip for Preanalytics of Glucose Determination
The pre-analysis of glucose determination is a science in itself, even for experienced doctors. MedLabPortal interviewed Prof. Matthias Nauck , who has been head of the Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine at the University Medical Center Greifswald...
Microbiological patterns of ANCA-positive infective endocarditis: a laboratory perspective
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-positive infective endocarditis (IE) frequently mimics primary ANCA-associated vasculitis, particularly in subacute presentations with renal involvement, and may lead to diagnostic delay or inappropriate immunosuppression....
DZNE and Charité decipher mechanism of anti-IgLON5 encephalitis
Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have elucidated the basic mechanisms of rare anti-IgLON5 encephalitis. The disease leads to a malfunction of the immune system, which mistakenly attacks...
Special drinking food can reduce mortality in malnourished elderly hospital patients
Special oral formulas for medical purposes may reduce the risk of death and serious complications in elderly, malnourished or malnourished hospital patients. This is the result of a new Cochrane Review coordinated by researchers from the Institute for Evidence in...
First randomized trial of new Lassa fever therapy: Favipiravir safe and well tolerated
Researchers at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) have conducted a randomized clinical trial on the treatment of Lassa fever for the first time. The drug candidate favipiravir proved to...
KKNMS criticizes delays in the reimbursement of MS therapies by private health insurance companies
The Task Force Care Structures and Therapeutics of the Disease-Related Competence Network Multiple Sclerosis (KKNMS e.V.) has commented on the increasing delays in the reimbursement of guideline-compliant therapies for multiple sclerosis by private health insurance...
