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München (ots) - Neuer Geschäftsführer des Roman Herzog Instituts (RHI) wird zum 20.09.2021 Martin Michael Lang. Der promovierte Politikwissenschaftler war zuletzt Leiter und Geschäftsführer der Franken-Akademie

Die Universität Bremen hat im Juli und August Studierende zum Impfstatus befragt: 60 Prozent der anonym Befragten sind danach vollständig geimpft. Auch nach ...

Date Time Decision-making ability in young people is linked to social function Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and UCL have identified a general factor called ‘decision acuity’ that affects young people’s decision-making ability, independent of IQ, and is associated with good social functioning. The results have been published in the journal Neuron. Decision acuity underpins multiple types of decision-making and is a novel construct. “People with higher decision acuity do not alway...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Juan Jesus Carrero, professor at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet. view more  Credit: Stefan Zimmerman Older people with kidney disease have a higher risk of dementia, and the risk increases with the rate and stage of kidney function decline. That is according to a large observational study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Neurology. The findings stress the significance of screeni...

Date Time Possible new PET tracer for early detection of Alzheimer’s New biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease are a priority area for researchers seeking to learn more about the disease and find possible methods of early diagnosis. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now studied a new PET tracer that is an important diagnostic tool for the disease. The study on the tracer substance BU99008, which is published in Molecular Psychiatry, can play a key part in the early identification of si...

Study explores resilience and life experiences of women abused as children Many women who were exposed to severe abuse or neglect in childhood nonetheless manage to feel a sense of wellbeing in adulthood. How can this be? Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, University West and örebro University have jointly explored this question in a study focusing on what generates health, rather than ill health. Knowledge of this kind can contribute to better public initiatives to support women who...