Health & Medicine

How our brain tracks movement

Whether we move ourselves or whether we watch someone else doing it - both trigger similar reactions in the brain. (Image: UCLA /...

Why the thymus is important in pregnancy

The thymus gland plays an important role in pregnancy. (Image: IMBA / Kulcsar) How does the female immune system adjust to pregnancy? A...

New coronavirus strain is spreading

The new strain B.1.1.7. is still rampant mainly in Great Britain. (Image: da_uk / iStock) A new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus is...

Head lice – pets have nothing to do with the transmission

Head louse (Image: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) First of all, lice don't jump. They run. However, thanks to their six...

Prevent heart disease with the right lifestyle

(Image: iStock.com, FatCamera) According to the Robert Koch Institute, 40 percent of all deaths in Germany can be traced back to cardiovascular diseases . ...

Corona vaccines are breakthrough of the year

Coronavirus vaccine. (Image: kovop58 / iStock) Every year shortly before Christmas, the specialist magazine “Science” selects the highlights of the year - and lets...

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