People who follow a vegetarian lifestyle have around twice as many depressive episodes as those who eat meat, according to the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health. What to Know The high incidence of depression among vegetarians is not caused by nutrition but possibly by several factors, including the vegetarian social experience; depression itself may increase the […]

published: October, 2022. Years of research exploring mRNA vaccines for cancer treatment in preclinical and clinical trials have set the stage for the rapid development of mRNA vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therapeutic cancer vaccines based on mRNA are well tolerated, and the inherent advantage in ease of production, which […]

by Bianca Cucos. Each year, the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) provides a key platform to discuss health and societal well-being in Europe and beyond, bringing together experts, stakeholders and key decision-makers from the public and private sector, civil society and science and academia. On the occasion of the 24th EHFG, the […]

by Olivia Biermann. Worldwide, 30 countries account for almost 90% of the global tuberculosis burden. Ending tuberculosis (TB) will require early detection of people with TB, and active case-finding is one strategy for doing so. In this new study, researchers at the Department of Global Public Health shed light on […]

Introduction by Dr. Andraž Teršek. Mental healthcare and the prevention of suicide are highly important problems of contemporarily society. Mental health is considered to be one of the biggest and most serious health problems in Europe, according to the statistical data of the WHO and EU Commission. During the 2020 […]

by Lilian van der Ven, MD, Amsterdam UMC. Current and future developments For a number of years, the number of residents in social medicine has been lagging behind, resulting in an imminent shortage of social medicine specialists. To counteract this, in 2016 the Ministry of Health proposed a new approach […]

von Mag. Dr. Sylvia Öhlinger. Interprofessionalität ist für die Bewältigung der derzeitigen und zukünftigen Herausforderungen im Gesundheitssystem unumgänglich. Jedoch sind die Entwicklung und die Bedeutung von interprofessioneller Ausbildung und Zusammenarbeit in Deutschland, der Schweiz und Österreich heterogen. Bereits der Lancet Report (2010) weist auf die Bedeutung und zunehmende Notwendigkeit zur […]

 Von Dr. Alexander Degelsegger-Márquez und Jennifer Sommer. In Kooperation mit dem NÖ Gesundheits- und Sozialfonds (NÖGUS), der Niederösterreichischen Gebietskrankenkasse und dem Fonds Gesundes Österreich fand am 19. September in St. Pölten die bereits 5. Konferenz der Österreichischen Plattform Gesundheitskompetenz statt. Sie stand unter dem Motto „Digitalisierung braucht Gesundheitskompetenz“ und widmete […]

by Lilian van der Ven, MD, Amsterdam UMC In the Netherlands, a physician who has passed the final examinations in medicine can pursue training in an area of medical specialization. There are four types of specialist training: General Practitioner: 3 years; Specialist: 4-6 years; Public Health Specialist: 2.5-4 years and Nursing Home […]

von Dr. Marcus Willauer und Dr. Klaus Weigel Die Vernetzung ambulanter und stationärer Prozesse, die zunehmend komplexeren und nur schwer zu überblickenden Zusammenhänge der Gesetzgebung im Gesundheitswesen und nicht zuletzt die haftungsrechtlichen Aspekte wirken sich auf das Anforderungsprofil für Aufsichtsratsmitglieder in Krankenhausgesellschaften aus. Ein Aufsichtsratsmitglied muss selbst in der Lage […]