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201. New BMJ recommendation on colorectal cancer screening harmful to women

URL: /en/media/press/single-view/new-bmj-recommendation-on-colorectal-cancer-screening-harmful-to-women.html
Date: 04-10-19

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…

202. New lifestyle-based prediction tool estimates individual colorectal cancer risk

URL: /en/media/press/single-view/new-lifestyle-based-prediction-tool-estimates-individual-colorectal-cancer-risk.html
Date: 01-02-21

[Translate to Englisch:] Prof. Dr. Krasimira Aleksandrova: "Ein Ziel unserer Forschung war es, Menschen zu helfen, ihr eigenes Risiko für Darmkrebs abzuschätzen und auf dieser Grundlage ihren Lebensstil zu wählen." (c) David Ausserhofer/DIfE

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…

203. New Platform for fitness testing and interpretation based on IDEFICS/I.Family data

URL: /en/media/news/single-view/neue-plattform-testet-fitness-von-heranwachsenden-auf-der-grundlage-von-idefics-ifamily-daten.html
Date: 17-03-23

[Translate to Englisch:] Die FitBack-Website

An interactive, evidence-based, multilingual, and free-access platform for fitness testing and interpretation in children and adolescents is based on data from the IDEFICS/I.Family studies. A recent…

204. New Professor for implementation research and evidence-based prevention at BIPS

URL: /en/media/news/single-view/neue-professorin-fuer-implementationsforschung-und-evidenzbasierte-praevention-am-bips.html
Date: 29-07-22

Prof. Dr. Daniela Fuhr joined BIPS in mid-July. Previously, she worked at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. At BIPS, she takes over as deputy head of the Department of Prevention and…

205. New project offers support for caring relatives via WhatsApp

URL: /en/media/press/single-view/neues-projekt-bietet-per-whatsapp-unterstuetzung-fuer-pflegende-angehoerige.html
Date: 04-10-23

Two people use a smartphone with the ChatBot.

A new project is helping family caregivers: Via WhatsApp, those affected receive helpful tips on how to cope with the stressful daily routine. The free service aims to improve their quality of life…

206. New Secretary of the International Biometric Society - German Region comes from BIPS

URL: /en/media/news/single-view/neue-schriftfuehrerin-der-internationalen-biometrischen-gesellschaft-deutsche-region-kommt-vom-bips.html
Date: 01-03-24

Dr. Ronja Foraita, Head of the Division "Statistical Methods for Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology" at the Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, was elected Secretary of…

207. New study at BIPS: What is the connection between exercise and eating habits?

URL: /en/media/press/single-view/neue-studie-am-bips-wie-haengen-bewegungs-und-essverhalten-zusammen.html
Date: 17-06-22

Chips are eaten on the sofa, and a banana is more likely to be eaten before exercising. So much for the cliché. But is this true at all? In a new research project, scientists at the Leibniz Institute…

208. New York Times reports on BIPS project

URL: /en/media/news/single-view/new-york-times-berichtet-ueber-bips-projekt.html
Date: 20-04-22

[Translate to Englisch:] Artikel der New York Times über das BIPS

A lack of media attention to the work of BIPS really cannot be complained about in recent years. Nevertheless, a report by the New York Times remains something out of the ordinary. Especially when it…

209. NFDI BioMed Consortia Advocate for a Biomedical Sciences Domain

URL: /en/media/press/single-view/nfdi-biomed-konsortien-sprechen-sich-fuer-fachbereich-biomedizin-aus.html
Date: 16-07-26

Image containing the 5 logos of the NFDI Biomed consortia.

The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) is entering a new phase: with long-term funding from the German federal and state governments, disciplinary priorities will increasingly be brought…

210. NFDI4Health at "Gesundheit Gemeinsam"

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Date: 09-09-24

NFDI4Health will present a series of contributions at the event “Gesundheit Gemeinsam” taking place at the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden. Topics include synthetic data, FAIR data infrastructures,…