April 2024
How did Buro Happold shape the future of a new medical school?
Buro Happold strategy specialists were key advisors for a new medical school in Charlotte, North Carolina. Learn how our experts shaped the future of Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Our strategy and operating model design advisors, working in partnership with Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health, developed the spatial and facilities […]
Psychological problems in football: When fear plays a role – football
Lina Bürger, ex-professional footballer and Hoffenheim sports psychologist, found out in a study: In winter, at the beginning of the second half of the season, players feel worse psychologically. Lina Bürger was 11 when national soccer player Sebastian Deisler ended his career at the beginning of 2007 due to psychological problems. Almost three years later, […]
Nutrition: How the body decides what we eat in the morning
EObservation: For breakfast there are rolls with jam or bread with cheese, sausage. Or muesli or oatmeal. Or boiled egg or fried egg. And the next day, as a matter of course, there is the same thing, bread or eggs or cereal, and then again and again. Often all parameters have to be adhered to […]
This is how you can eliminate sugar from your diet
The consumption of sugar is omnipresent in our diet, sweet temptations lurk everywhere. However, excessive sugar intake can not only lead to weight gain and tooth decay, but can also promote serious health problems such as heart disease and diabetes. We’ll show you how you can eat less sugar. Do you want to live healthier? […]
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Names Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, as Dean for Translational Research and Therapeutic Innovation
Newswise — New York, NY [April 29, 2024]—Miriam Merad, MD, PhD, a world-renowned immunologist, has been appointed Dean for Translational Research and Therapeutic Innovation of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The appointment reaffirms Icahn Mount Sinai’s commitment to pioneering medical progress and catalyzing the rapid advancement of research innovation. Dr. Merad, the […]
Atossa Therapeutics Announces Expanded Research Agreement
SEATTLE, April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atossa Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATOS) (“Atossa” or the “Company”) today announced an expanded research agreement with Weill Cornell Medicine to explore the potential synergy between antibody drugs conjugates (ADCs) and (Z)-endoxifen. Atossa is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines in areas of significant unmet medical need […]
That’s why you won’t lose weight despite regular exercise
The motivation is there, you exercise several times a week and yet your weight loss goal is still a long way off? When the scale just doesn’t want to follow suit, it’s frustrating. Before despair sets in, you should take a closer look at your routine. There are various reasons that prevent rapid weight loss […]
Prime Medicine Announces FDA Clearance of Investigational
First-Ever Open IND for Prime Editing Technology PM359 is Prime Medicine’s Ex Vivo Product Candidate Designed to Correct a Prevalent Disease-Causing Mutation of CGD Initial Data Expected in 2025 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Prime Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRME), a biotechnology company committed to delivering a new class of differentiated, one-time curative […]
The health risks of generative AI-based wellness apps
Catsaros, O. Generative AI to become a $1.3 trillion market by 2032, research finds. Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/company/press/generative-ai-to-become-a-1-3-trillion-market-by-2032-research-finds/ (1 June 2023). Kanagaraj, M. Here’s why mental healthcare is so unaffordable & how COVID-19 might help change this. Harvard Medical School Primary Care Review https://info.primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/review/mental-health-unaffordable (2020). Terlizzi, EP & Schiller, JS Mental health treatment among adults aged 18–44: […]
Mental health is not just a private matter
Psychic Health is not just a private matter German Center for Mental Health sees responsibility on employers Berlin, April 29, 2024 – The numbers are high – and they continue to rise: 15 percent of all days of absence in Germany are due to mental illness. This not only causes individual suffering, but also enormous […]