Health and Medicine

This subject area encompasses research and studies in the field of human medicine.

Among the wide-ranging list of topics covered here are anesthesiology, anatomy, surgery, human genetics, hygiene and environmental medicine, internal medicine, neurology, pharmacology, physiology, urology and dental medicine.

With exercise against liver cancer

The EU has taken up the cause of cancer prevention. The MHH is participating in the EU project PIECES and aims to reduce the risk of cancer and improve liver…

Key to a cheaper and more accessible Hib vaccine found

The bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) can cause severe diseases such as meningitis and blood poisoning in young children. Researchers from the MHH Institute of Clinical Biochemistry have deciphered…

Building a ‘vaccine library’ to prevent future pandemics

The Institute for Drug Discovery led by Humboldt Professor Jens Meiler is to receive 1.9 million dollars (1.77 million euros) for the development of vaccines. The international Coalition for Epidemic…

ACRIBiS: Individual risk assessment for cardiovascular diseases

MHH Cardiology participates in a nationwide project to improve risk assessment thanks to structured and standardized data. Digitization in the healthcare sector is intended to improve patient care and simplify…

Further link identified between autoimmunity and schizophrenia

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify a protein in some people with schizophrenia that causes schizophrenia-like features in mice. Links have been reported between schizophrenia and proteins…

Schizophrenia drug as new therapy against dementia

MHH neurophysiologist demonstrates the effect of the antipsychotic amisulpride on harmful protein deposits in nerve cells of the brain. A clinical trial will investigate the drug’s efficacy in dementia patients….

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