25.04.2023 Professor Dr. Moritz Schmelzle has headed the Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery at Hannover Medical School since October 1, 2022. On April 1, 2023, he took over from Pr

21.04.2023 People with the rare neuromyelitis optica spectrum disease (NMOSD) have severe physical and psychological impairments. But do they also suffer from limitations in their cognitive abilities?

20.04.2023 A distinguished visitor to the campus children of the Hannover Medical School (MHH): Lower Saxony's Minister President Stephan Weil took the nomination of the MHH day care centre for the "G

03.05.2023 Humans have five senses to perceive their environment: Sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. If a person loses one of these, the remaining senses partially compensate for the loss. People

18.04.2023 One third of all depressive disorders are chronic. According to estimates, 1.2 million people in Germany currently live with chronic depression. Often, those affected have already received

28.04.2023 Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a malignant disease in which the precursor cells of the hematopoietic system proliferate uncontrollably. This form of blood cancer is caused by genetic chang

17.04.2023 New cases of bile duct cancer, also known as biliary tumours, are increasing worldwide. The chances of cure are considered poor. The standard therapy for advanced bile duct cancer has so fa

03.04.2023 Hannover Medical School (MHH) has cracked the 100 million euro mark in third-party funding spent for the first time in its 58-year history. In 2022, researchers used a total of 101.4 millio

20.03.2023 Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a special form of pulmonary hypertension. It occurs because the small arteries in the lungs narrow as a result of progressive changes in the blood v

16.03.2023 In Germany, 270,000 people suffer a stroke every year. This can result in severe disabilities: Paralysis, speech disorders and problems walking. Often, it does not remain a one-time event.