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Mutations in blood stem cells do not necessarily have to result in leukaemia. It was only recently discovered that clones of mutated blood cells can be identified in many healthy people in old age. Nonetheless, clonal haematopoiesis, as scientists baptised this finding, is far from innocent. It is a formidable risk factor for cardiovascular diseases – on par with smoking, excess weight or high blood pressure. Why this is, is still a riddle to be solved.
You are what you eat!
(2019)
Nowadays almost everyone is aware of the link between high blood cholesterol levels and cardiovascular disease. There are effective treatments that target blood cholesterol. his overview highlights some well known and some new mediators implicated in cardiovascular disease with the common theme that all of them can be influenced by the diet.
University hospital research
(2019)
Professor Wild, one of your main areas of activity is the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Since 2010/2011, they have accounted for approximately half of all deaths worldwide.
Cardiovascular diseases are in fact frequently multi-causal. In addition to risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and nicotine abuse, genetic predispositions, family and social influences and environmental factors also play a role – as do mental illnesses and personality. A single factor normally only has a very small influence, but several ones can lead to illness through accumulation.
Since the risk factors are known, targeted prevention is possible. Unfortunately, health insurance companies often do not offer comprehensive prevention as part of standard service...
Heart and vessels form a highly complex organ system in which extremely diverse cells have to work together correctly to provide all organs with blood. In past decades, heart biology placed its focus on whole tissues or cell isolates. Now, however, new technologies allow the tracing of a diversity of cell types and their individual responses to signals down to the level of proteins and genes. Researchers hope this will help them better support the regeneration of diseased hearts.
In his widely acclaimed book “Das Kalte Herz” (The Cold Heart), economic historian Werner Plumpe tells the story of the history of capitalism, which in his view represents a sober form of economics which has proved itself superior and higher performing than other systems. To this day, the long tradition of capitalism criticism has not understood that in capitalism, great wealth is utilized to produce goods that are usually affordable for people with small incomes.
Stopping the growth of scars
(2019)
Zebrafish
(2019)
The healthcare industry sees great potential in consolidating medical data on one and the same person which is currently distributed across various practices and hospitals. This would not only save costs on repeating procedures; physicians also hope that artificial intelligence will help them identify new connections and thereby treat diseases earlier, or even prevent them.
So far, personal feedback in the case of lectures with hundreds of students still seems utopic – even after the digitalization boom in times of the coronavirus. Tools from the research field of »learning analytics« could in future give students feedback and at the same time provide their supervisors with clues about where help is still needed.
A question of striking the right balance : how do digital media influence how we think and act?
(2020)
What influence do digital technologies have on human perception, thinking and action? Do computer games harm the development of young brains? And is there really such a thing as »digital dementia«, an increasing forgetfulness caused by the use of modern technologies? For some of these questions, answers are available that are empirically corroborated.
Through digitalization, the social importance of copyright law has grown considerably. Moreover, the culture of exclusivity established by copyright law conflicts fundamentally with the culture of access prevalent on the internet. An example for this is the dispute over the EU’s latest copyright directive. Does it ring in the end of the internet as we know it, or does it »only« see to fair remuneration for those working in the creative economy?
The issue of data security has become increasingly complex in the age of the internet and artificial intelligence. The developments seem to be almost unmanageable in some areas. Cooperation between jurisprudence and information technology is the only thing that can protect the individual and certain social groups from discrimination.
As a network researcher, sociologist Professor Christian Stegbauer also deals with communication in social media. That people prefer to stay in a bubble with like-minded others rather than get to grips with different opinions and ways of thinking was in his view inherent to digital communication from the outset. He considers many of the utopian ideas of a digital culture of participation to be exaggerated.
Background: The year 2016 has marked the highest number of displaced people worldwide on record. A large number of these refugees are women, yet little is known about their specific situation and the hurdles they have to face during their journey. Herein, we investigated whether sociodemographic characteristics and traumatic experiences in the home country and during the flight affected the quality of life of refugee women arriving in Germany in 2015–2016.
Methods: Six hundred sixty-three women from six countries (Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, and Eritrea) living in shared reception facilities in five distinct German regions were interviewed by native speakers using a structured questionnaire. Sociodemographic data and information about reasons for fleeing, traumatic experiences, symptoms, quality of life, and expectations towards their future were elicited. All information was stored in a central database in Berlin. Descriptive analyses, correlations, and multivariate analyses were performed.
Results: The most frequent reasons cited for fleeing were war, terror, and threat to one’s life or the life of a family member. Eighty-seven percent of women resorted to smugglers to make the journey to Europe, and this significantly correlated to residence in a war zone (odds ratio (OR) = 2.5, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.4–4.6, p = 0.003) and homelessness prior to fleeing (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1–4.3, p = 0.04). Overall the described quality of life by the women was moderate (overall mean = 3.23, range of 1–5) and slightly worse than that of European populations (overall mean = 3.68, p < 0.0001). The main reasons correlating with lower quality of life were older age, having had a near-death experience, having been attacked by a family member, and absence of health care in case of illness.
Conclusions: Refugee women experience multiple traumatic experiences before and/or during their journey, some of which are gender-specific. These experiences affect the quality of life in their current country of residence and might impact their integration. We encourage the early investigation of these traumatic experiences to rapidly identify women at higher risk and to improve health care for somatic and mental illness.
Introduction: In this article the personal study and life situation of parents who are also medical students at the Medical School of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main is discussed. There is a special focus on the topics "studying with children" and "family-friendly university", which have been present in discussions about university development and in the daily life of academics, especially during the last decade. The workgroup "Individual Student Services" at the medical faculty at the Goethe University tries to meet the necessities of the individual study courses and to support the study success with a new counselling and student service concept.
Methods: The experience of parents studying medicine was recorded in semi-structured interviews (Date: April 2010), which were held as part of the sponsored pilot project on part-time medical studies ("Pilot Project Part-time Medical Studies"). Additionally, study results from the Medical School of the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main were integrated as well as a literature analysis.
Results: It was found that the teaching demands and support services, which have been suggested and needed for years now, have been partially implemented and are without sufficient support at the faculty level to date. Thus the current situation of medical students with children is still difficult and seems a big challenge for everyone involved.
Solution: As part of the "Individual Student Services" a new pilot project on part-time medical studies was established in November 2009. Only the use of new, unconventional and innovative ideas allows universities to adequately support the changing and heterogeneous student population and support them to successfully completing their medical studies.