Sleep and exercise significantly reduce the risk of dementia, even with a genetic predisposition
Alzheimer's and stroke are two common and feared neurological diseases. But you can actively prevent it and thus significantly reduce your personal risk of receiving one of the two diagnoses. This is shown by a recent study from "BMC Public Health". Particularly...
DGFG reports record number of tissue donations
Never before have so many tissues been donated in Germany as last year. Although there were no more approvals in percentage terms than in 2024, the number of reports, educational discussions and thus also of people who donated tissue was noticeably higher than in...
First woman to head the DSG
At the turn of the year , Professor Waltraud Pfeilschifter, Chief Physician of the Clinic for Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology at Lüneburg Hospital, will take over the presidency of the German Stroke Society - and thus the responsibility for around 1,100 members...
Trastuzumab deruxtecan brings “considerable additional benefit” in gastric cancer
It is good news for people with stomach cancer: On the basis of a comparative study by the manufacturer that started before approval, IQWiG now sees a considerable additional benefit for patients with advanced HER2-positive adenocarcinoma of the stomach or the...
2,000-year-old herpes viruses discovered in the human genome
It is a sensation: For the first time, researchers have reconstructed ancient genomes of the human beta-herpesviruses 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains that are over two millennia old. An international research team led by the University of Vienna...
Medlabportal wishes you a successful and exciting year 2026
Welcome to the year 2026 on medlabportal.de – your reliable portal for laboratory medicine and clinical chemistry. As the official information medium of the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL), we offer experts from the laboratory...
Review of the year 2025: Prof. Findeisen on the pilot project on the importance of blood-based biomarkers in Alzheimer’s diagnostics
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Findeisen is a specialist in laboratory medicine and medical director of the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the MVZ Laboratory Dr. Limbach & Kollegen in Heidelberg. As an adjunct professor at the University of Heidelberg (Medical Faculty...
Law guarantees the right to a free copy of the treatment file
In future, patients will be entitled to a free copy of their treatment file. The Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the AOK Federal Association, Dr. Carola Reimann, welcomes this new regulation in the "Act on the Amendment of Consumer Contract and Insurance...
Heart Foundation warns: Do not hesitate to call the heart attack emergency number 112 on public holidays
The German Heart Foundation strongly advises to dial the emergency number 112 immediately if you suspect a heart attack, even during the holidays. Many sufferers wait and see, which can have fatal consequences, as the infarction destroys heart muscle tissue and can...
Dresden study reveals new role of MCL1 in cancer cells
Researchers from the Mildred Scheel Junior Research Group at the Technical University of Dresden have shown for the first time that the protein MCL1 not only inhibits apoptosis, but also controls tumor metabolism. The work, led by Mohamed Elgendy and published in...
