Scientists present Corona Strategy.

Bremen, Germany – The new LifeCRCscore provides individuals a simple method to estimate their 10-year risk of developing colorectal cancer. This could also prove useful for physicians to estimate their patients risk. The tool is based on…

Across Europe, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is causing excess deaths, placing a burden on societies and health systems, and harming the economy. Yet, European governments still have to develop a common vision to guide the management of the…

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all areas of society. Children and young people are among the groups that have been most hard hit by the COVID-19 measures.

The Youth Health Community believes that every child has the right to grow up…

A new global analysis led by Imperial College London, supported by BIPS, and published in the journal The Lancet, has assessed the height and weight of school-aged children and adolescents across the world.  

The study, which used data…

The consumption of food with a poor nutritional quality is associated with a higher mortality rate, according to a study published in mid-September in the BMJ. The results support the use of Nutri-Score labelling on the front of the pack to…

On Thursday, the Rector of the University of Rzeszów (Poland) awarded Prof. Dr. Iris Pigeot and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ahrens the great medal of his university. He thanked them for their excellent cooperation, especially in the field of child…

We have to learn new habits in the corona pandemic. Often this doesn't happen through strict rules, but with small nudges, says behavioral scientist Lucia Reisch, Leibniz Chair at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and…

Taking the painkiller diclofenac may significantly increase the risk of heart attack and stroke in heart patients. Already six years ago, an official warning was issued from the European Medical Agency. Yet, many high-risk patients continue…

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) published a new recommendation on colorectal cancer screening on October 2nd, 2019. The main point: Screening participation is only recommended to people with at least a three percent chance of developing…