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A man who lays his head on the pillow and suffers from loud noise.

Road noise damages the cardiovascular system after just one night

Even a single night of moderate road traffic noise at comparatively low exposure increases heart rate, is associated with changes in proteins involved…

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Gut microbes control our heart via the brain

A metabolic product produced by bacteria in our intestines controls heart function via cells in the brain. A team from the Max Delbrück Centre…

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Delirium after heart surgery: preventing complications

An analysis of around 1,604 studies spanning more than three decades shows that delirium is a clinically highly relevant complication in cardiology…

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The ARC project team: Eleven people, five men and six women, stand in front of glass walls in a modern office building. They smile at the camera and appear friendly and professionally dressed. Some wear suits or blazers, others casual business attire.

From innovation to application: New ARC Centre at Charité brings ideas into healthcare faster

With the establishment of an ARC Innovation Centre, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, which is also a member institution of the German Centre for…

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Illustration of a narrowed artery with deposits that impede blood flow. In the foreground is an enlarged view of the narrowing of the vessel, with the entire artery in the background. Below is the curATime logo with the words “Cluster for Atherothrombosis and Individualised Medicine”.

Entering the second phase with new funding: curATime advances personalised medicine for cardiovascular diseases

The curATime cluster for atherothrombosis and individualised medicine, developed jointly by TRON gGmbH, Mainz University Medical Centre, a member…

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A doctor is holding a card that says “atrial fibrillation.”

Atrial fibrillation: reduction and precise quantification

As part of an international research collaboration, the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) is investigating key mechanisms of atrial…

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Hector Science Prize for leading researcher Stefanie Dimmeler

Biologist and biochemist Stefanie Dimmeler, professor at Goethe University, spokesperson for the Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI) Cluster of…

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Unrecognised risks: the genetic side of heart disease

In this interview, Prof. Sabine Klaassen from the DZHK site in Berlin explains why genetic diagnostics are becoming increasingly important and why…

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How cellular metabolism controls the development and ageing of the heart

DZHK study discovers new link between metabolism, epigenetics and heart function

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An elderly woman is sitting on a park bench and has chest pains.

Heart failure: Influence of environmental exposures previously underestimated

A review study by Mainz University Medical Center shows how environmental and living conditions shape the development and progression of heart…

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