New EU platform provides information on sustainable pharmacy
The EU-funded TransPharm consortium has launched a free, open educational website on the environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and sustainable practices in healthcare. The platform can be reached at www.sustainablepharmaceuticals.eu and is available worldwide...
New President of the DGKN: Surges focuses on mobile neuromedicine
Prof. Rainer Surges, Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Epileptology at the University Hospital Bonn, has taken over the office of President of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN). Under his leadership, the professional...
mio42 Update: Progress in Laboratory Findings, Patient Summary Records and European Harmonization
In a recent newsletter, mio42 GmbH has given an update on ongoing projects in the field of medical interoperability. The focus is on the further development of the MIO laboratory findings, the revision of the patient summary file (PKA) and the alignment with European...
FU Berlin receives millions in funding for Mucus research against pandemics
Freie Universität Berlin is contributing around one million euros to the nationwide joint project "ONEMuc – Respiratory Mucus as a One Health Interface." The five-year project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) with a total of...
Focus on recombinant proteins: 8th Hall Conference brings industry and science together
From 12 to 13 March 2026, the "8th Halle Conference on Recombinant Proteins" at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) will be dedicated to the latest developments in the biotechnology of recombinant proteins. The two-day conference will take place in the...
Essen research team deciphers how Puumala virus remodels cells
A team from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Duisburg-Essen and the University Hospital Essen has investigated in detail how the Puumala virus, an orthohantavirus widespread in Europe, changes the internal architecture of infected human cells in order to...
War in the Middle East: Destruction of medical care
The conflict between the US, Israel and Iran, which began on February 28, 2026 with massive air strikes, has massively destabilized medical care in the Middle East after a week. Hospitals and health facilities in Iran, Lebanon, Israel and neighboring countries have...
Updated S3 guideline recommends antibody therapies in early Alzheimer’s disease
The S3 guideline "Dementia" as a living guideline of the German Society of Neurology (DGN) and the German Society of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology (DGPPN) has been updated. It is aimed at the care of more than 1.8 million dementia patients...
The personal health check of the UMG laboratory: The detectives of blood
The Personal Health Check of the UMG Laboratory (Interdisciplinary Laboratory of the University Medical Center Göttingen) is a voluntary, purely privately paid laboratory examination service for people who want to check their state of health in a targeted manner –...
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on chronic stress assessed by hair cortisol analysis via LC-MS/MS
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdown measures have had profound effects on mental health worldwide. This study aimed to assess changes in long-term stress levels across three distinct time periods – pre-lockdown, during lockdown, and post-lockdown – by...
