Towards a better understanding of gastric cancer treatment and prevention
Health Europa explored with United European Gastroenterology about the efforts regarding gastric cancer treatment, understanding and prevention.
Organised by the Healthy Stomach Initiative (HSI), 2...
Can meditation reduce eye pressure in primary open angle glaucoma?
Patients with primary open angle glaucoma showed substantial improvements in both ocular and general health after participating in mindfulness meditation.
The All India Institute of...
Dementia deaths are rising again – charity calls for more research funding
Alzheimer Research UK calls on the government for additional funding into dementia research as dementia deaths across the UK have risen.
Dementia accounted for 76,090...
Brain disorders in Europe: The Space Race of the 21st Century
No challenge is greater than that of understanding the brain. The EBC explain why more research is key to confronting brain disorders in Europe.
Non-profit...
Reference networks and research for rare diseases
Health Europa looks at the diagnosis and treatment of rare diseases and related research efforts. Focusing on the European Reference Networks and the New...
The Ingenium Foundation: major player in the field of dementia in Bavaria
The Ingenium® Foundation focuses on different issues of dementia like dementia in acute hospitals, young onset dementia, digitisation, prevention and dementia in Bavaria.
The Ingenium...
Hypotrichosis simplex: Researchers uncover new hair loss genes
Hypotrichosis simplex leads to gradual hair loss in childhood and researchers have deciphered new hair loss genes responsible for this rare form of hair...
Find out how cigarette smoking causes lung cell exhaustion leading to TB
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin unveiled how lung cell exhaustion caused by cigarette smoking affects their power to battle diseases such as TB.
Cigarette smoking...
Nanobots in medicine: the key to fighting chronic diseases with nanomedicine
The emerging technology of nanobots in medicine offers better chances of exploiting nanomedicine to fight chronic diseases such as cancer.
Nanomedicine is a domain of...
Dementia in Europe: a public health priority?
Following the European Commission’s decision to disband the Expert Group on Dementia, we speak to Alzheimer Europe to hear their case for a co-ordinated...
Are Mycoplasma bacteria sneaking past our line of defence?
New research reveals that Mycoplasma bacteria make DNA in a unique way that may protect them from our immune response.
Researchers from Stockholm University, Sweden,...
Mucopolysaccharide storage diseases and puberty and adolescence
The Medical University of Vienna’s Susanne Gerit Kircher reflects on the medical progress that has allowed people affected by mucopolysaccharide storage diseases to start...
Novel antibacterial compounds created to battle antibiotic resistance development
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland have created novel antibacterial compounds to combat antibiotic resistance development.
Focusing on the role of LsrK kinase, the...
Tanycytes: the cells that control body weight and energy balance
New €10m grant funded by the European Research Council set to fund research project delving more into the knowledge regarding tanycytes.
Having been awarded with...
The Fool’s Tower: Europe’s oldest accommodation for mental patients
Health Europa explores with those involved in managing and expanding the then-hospital for mental patients, Vienna’s Narrenturm (Fool’s Tower).
In September, Health Europa travelled to...
Sleep and pain relief on demand, from Sana Health
Sana Health introduces its neuromodulation device, which is easing pain, improving sleep, and could save many lives.
IN 1992, the founder of Sana Health, Richard...
New therapeutic opportunities discovered from melanoma initiation
A vital vulnerability of melanoma initiation has been uncovered by researchers, finding that specific RNA boosts protein synthesis in different cellular compartments.
Researchers from VIB-KU...
In focus: rheumatoid arthritis medication and treatments
What do we know about rheumatoid arthritis medication? What are the recommended first-line treatment for this debilitating disease? Read more as Health Europa investigates.
Rheumatoid arthritis...
The Swiss perspective on mucopolysaccharide disease
Dr Fredi Wiesbauer, vice president of the Swiss Mucopolysaccharide disease (MPS) Society met with Health Europa and explored the Swiss experience of hosting such...
What do you know about Zellweger spectrum disorders?
Zellweger UK explains how the charity is working to support research into Zellweger spectrum disorders.
The Zellweger Spectrum Disorders (ZSD) comprise a group of genetic...