Smartwatches count our steps, apps promise to help us lead healthier lives, and electronic health records are designed to consolidate important health data. Digital applications and AI are also being used in the field of nursing. But when…

The Australian-German SISTAQUIT collaboration has received the 2026 SIRC Mission Award. The partners adapted a program to protect pregnant women and newborns from tobacco smoke for the German context and tested it in Bremen. The initiative…

Host Rasmus Cloes speaks with Prof. Dr. Martin Smollich from the Pharmaconutrition Research Group at the Institute for Nutritional Medicine at the UKSH in Lübeck about nutrition myths online and the efforts to combat them. He explains why…

Within the U Bremen Research Alliance (UBRA), BIPS works closely with the University of Bremen and twelve other research partners. As a symbol of this collaboration, a UBRA Meeting Point has now been installed at BIPS. In the interview,…

Bremen – Type 2 diabetes is increasingly affecting young adults in Germany, with new evidence showing poverty, low education, and first-generation migration background as factors associated with the disease. A study from the Leibniz…

Even after the pandemic, long-term symptoms following respiratory infections are not uncommon. Such symptoms occur with similar frequency and severity following infections with the coronavirus, influenza, and other respiratory pathogens.…

In this retrospective episode, host Rasmus Cloes and Christoph Wellbrock discuss why fitness apps often fail to reach exactly the people they’re intended for. From Pokémon Go to AI-powered strength training to the nursing home experiment,…

School Meals as the Key to Health and Equal Opportunity

Children who eat well at school learn better and stay healthier. This is especially true for children who have less access to balanced meals at home. In 2018, Bremen launched a pilot…

Host Rasmus Cloes speaks with Dr. Thomas Eßmeyer from the Digital Media Lab at the University of Bremen about manipulative designs on social media. The discussion covers Amazon’s cancellation maze, Meta’s attempt to access our contacts, and…

“The system only kicks in when we get sick”

Epidemiologist Hajo Zeeb attributes Germany’s low life expectancy—compared to other OECD countries—to excessive tolerance of tobacco and alcohol.