Basic knowledge, challenges and new trends in epidemiology

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Auf dem 4. Symposium für Substanzkonsum und -missbrauch unter Studierenden in Europa, das am 26. und 27. Juni am Leibniz-Institut für Präventionsforschung und Epidemiologie - BIPS in Bremen…

Health Risk Nutritional Poverty - the Unrecognized Reality in our Affluent Society

Lecture by Professor Kate Hunt on Scottish Health Study

Professional musicians are four times more likely to suffer from hearing disorders and have a 57 percent higher risk of tinnitus than the general public. This was shown in the study "Incidence and relative risk of hearing disorders in…

The Federal Ministry of Health has re-appointed Prof. Edeltraut Garbe as a member of the Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO). The appointment is for 3 years and will begin on February 15, 2014.

STIKO develops recommendations for…

Television viewing and other screen activities seem to have substantial effects on not only young children’s consumption of sugary drinks but also on increased BMI and obesity. This is the conclusion of a new study on 11,000 children in…

There is no reason to run home to your kids in the middle of the afternoon. A comprehensive European research project headed by Associate Professor Wencke Gwozdz breaks with the notion that children's health is compromised when both parents…