18.05.2021 The John Cunningham (JC) virus infects about 70 to 90 percent of all people worldwide without most of them even noticing it. But once it has entered the body, the genetic material of the pa

01.06.2021 Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disease. Motor nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain stem, which are connected to the muscles and control their movements,

19.05.2021 In Germany, more than 200,000 people suffer a heart attack every year. Despite good medical care, many are left with reduced cardiac output. This is particularly true for patients with seve

02.06.2021 Narrowing of the aortic valve, known as aortic valve stenosis, is the most common heart valve defect in old age. The valve leaflets of the aortic valve are thickened and have difficulty ope

The general ban on visits by relatives at Hannover Medical School (MHH), which has been in place since 26 March, has been lifted. From Monday, 17 May 2021, the following new visiting regulations will

Stand: 16. März 2021 Uwe Keller-Denecke, Pastor der Evangelischen Seelsorge an der MHH, erklärt, worum es geht: Warum machen wir das? Das zentrale Gedenken in Berlin am 18. April ist ein wichtiges Sig

06.05.2021 With growing advances in intensive care medicine, more and more patients are surviving the most serious illnesses, accidents or massive surgical interventions such as organ transplants. At

Status: 18 March 2021 Finally! The services of many medical students during the Corona pandemic at the Hannover Medical School (MHH) and other hospitals are to be credited retrospectively as a clinica

04.05. 2021 In Germany, about 270,000 strokes occur every year - not seldom with a fatal outcome. Therefore, the maxim for a stroke is "time is brain": every minute counts. Those affected must be trea

05.05.2021 For people with severe lung diseases, transplantation of a healthy organ is often the only chance of survival. But donor lungs are in short supply. A new artificial lung could provide relie