Prof. Dr. Evgeni Ponimaskin and Dr. Alexander Wirth "You can sleep when you're old" - but if you don't sleep, you won't grow old in the first place. The latest findings from sleep research are gradually unraveling

third section of the dental examination (Z3) Chairman of the Committee for the Dental Examination (old licensing regulations) Prof. Dr. I. Staufenbiel mailto Prof. Dr. Staufenbiel Chairman of the examination [...] Eisenburger Chair of the Committee for the Preliminary Examination in Natural Sciences and Dentistry (old licensing regulations) Dr. B. Kubat mailto Dr. Kubat Phone: 0511-532-3902

certified as a DGU® Trauma Center for the Elderly. This has created a framework for the care of very old patients with traumatic injuries, which has already led to significant improvements. The further d [...] branch of trauma surgery. It is a specialization that deals with fractures that are very common in old age, regardless of the body region, e.g. fractures close to the hip joint, vertebral fractures, pelvic [...] fractures of the upper arm close to the body. These fractures are of particular importance because old age is often associated with muscle loss and osteoporosis, which, in addition to other risk factors

My YES to life Mareike, 30 years old, kidney transplant for 17 years Copyright: private Get up every day? With pleasure! Drive to work? With pleasure! Do sport? Absolutely! Meeting friends? Quite normal [...] For others, however, it is sometimes not so easy to express my thoughts and feelings. I was 10 years old when both of my kidneys failed. Why? I have no idea. But at the time it meant a lot of questions, [...] friends, a job that inspires me and, above all, good health. My name is Mareike. I am now 30 years old, a teacher, have had a transplant for 17 years and say: "Yes to life." And what do you say?

Adobe Stock Interesting cases Closure of a large tissue defect after hallux valgus surgery A 26-year-old female patient with no previous illnesses had hallux valgus surgery in an orthopaedic Clinical Department [...] valgus surgery - Best Wound Practice Successful therapy after 43% burns and lung failure A 60-year-old man was found unconscious in a house fire and admitted to the Center for Severe Burns with more than [...] of facial nerve palsy using microsurgical crossface nerve transplantation Back in 2015, a 14-year-old female patient presented with unilateral, peripheral, complete facial nerve palsy. At the age of 4

Karin Kaiser / MHH "When an eleven-month-old infant is lying on the operating table in front of you, it's a different challenge psychologically than with a 60-year-old patient," says Dr. Fabio Ius. "Children

course" Chantal, heart transplant since 2005 at the age of 13 Copyright: private I'm Chantal, 28 years old, I successfully completed my studies at the beginning of 2020 and I'm in goal for a national field [...] Centre in Berlin. An inflammation of the heart muscle turned me from a healthy and sporty 11-year-old girl into a patient on the transplant list from one day to the next. A donor heart was my only chance

contact and interaction with the young patients brings me a lot of joy in my job,” explains the 43-year-old. She is also a mother of three. Thanks to family-friendly working hours, she can balance family and [...] ends just a few minutes after noon. This fits perfectly with the school schedule of her eight-year-old daughter, who attends elementary school in Weetzen. “We leave the house together in the morning and

on 24.4.18 set the course for the Central Laboratory, there has been no going back to the old system and the old premises. All the test material for the departments involved ends up in a central location [...] equipment, validations, trial runs........ and all, of course, while examination operations in the old areas were maintained in their tried and tested form. Hats off to the medical staff and the TAs, who

Barrier-free living in old age