Health News in Germany

Workplace Violence in Emergency Care: What Must Change?

Workplace violence in emergency care settings is often perpetrated by patients and visitors, while overcrowding and limited staff support hinder prevention efforts worldwide. Me...

Optogenetics wins Nobel: One neuroscience breakthrough in line of tech innovations helping scientists map, control brain

Optogenetics wins Nobel: One neuroscience breakthrough in line of tech innovations helping scientists map, control brain

Dog-Associated Infections: Beyond Bites

Dog exposure can lead to viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections — and the route of transmission is not always a bite. Medscape News Europe

Naturally occurring fungus could help protect wheat from disease – study

Wheat producers in northern Europe are particularly vulnerable to a disease called STB, which can cut wheat yields in half during severe outbreaks.

Clue Transforms Period Tracking Into a Gateway to Healthcare With Launch of Free ‘Get Care’ Initiative

From tracking to action, Clue connects users directly with trusted care providers across contraception, conception, metabolic and mental health, perimenopause and at-home testin...

New Materials May Help Tackle Antibiotic Resistance

New surface designs, antimicrobial coatings, light-activated compounds, and protein-based materials aim to prevent bacterial colonization and reduce reliance on antibiotics. Med...

Why a plague death is among the most harrowing: Bacteria ravages organs in 24 hours

It is among the deadliest diseases in the world, capable of killing its victims within 24 hours if left untreated. And this week, the plague has been thrust back into the spotli...

A New Definition of MI and More News From ESC Congress 2026

This Medical News article is an interview with Tomasz Guzik, MD, PhD, chair of this year’s European Society of Cardiology Congress, held recently in Munich, Germany.

Switching on brain cells: the Nobel-winning science of optogenetics

The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their pioneering work in ...

German and US scientists win Nobel Prize in medicine for research on brain activity

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the award for discoveries that provide new insights into how we might treat blindness, depression, addiction and dementia.

Nobel Medicine Prize 2026: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, George Nagel Honoured For Breakthrough In Brain Research

3 takeaways from a European obesity scientific meeting

Eli Lilly impressed with its amylin-Zepbound combination data. Elsewhere, Novo demonstrated continued weight loss following a switch to oral and AbbVie and Boehringer gave glimp...

1st controlled study links GLP-1s to nail detachment

People taking GLP-1s are more than four times as likely to report nail detachment as similar patients with obesity or type 2 diabetes who don’t take the drugs, according to rese...

Heat deaths in Western Europe top 34,600 during hottest summer on record

Heat can exacerbate existing illnesses and is particularly dangerous for vulnerable people including young children and the elderly.

1 in 8 Cancer Cases Worldwide Are Caused by Common Infections, Study Finds

Researchers estimated that infections contributed to 2.3 million new cancer cases globally in 2024

Junior Doctors Work 57 Hours a Week: Is This Sustainable?

European junior doctors report long working hours and limited rest, raising concerns about work-life balance, training, burnout, patient safety and retention. Medscape News Europe

Siemens Healthineers is launching a radiation therapy machine that can treat cancer in 60 seconds

The Accela system, built on a new platform called NeoArc, can deliver multi-site treatments in as little as 60 seconds

Infection with 'no treatment' which can cause meningitis hits 16 EU countries

Full list of outbreaks as Foreign Office-backed Travel Health Pro website revealed scores of new cases, including some deaths

Peripheral Arterial Disease: Why Early Detection Matters

Peripheral arterial disease often remains undiagnosed until advanced stages, prompting calls for targeted screening of at-risk individuals and earlier preventive care. Medscape ...

Oktoberfest: From Beer Tents to CT Scans and Vaccines

Oktoberfest is expanding medical services with preventive vaccination and advanced diagnostics, but the impact of new on-site testing on hospital transfers remains uncertain. Me...