Schlagwort: Healthy

  • Charge your phone just by moving your body

    Charge your phone just by moving your body

    Innovative device could power electronics with your body movements while you use them. „Breaking Dielectric Dilemma: Polymer Functionalized Perovskite Piezocomposite with Large Current Density Output,“ appears in the November edition of Nature Communications. Waterloo/Canada, November, 20, 2024. A new technology that can generate electricity from vibrations or even small body movements means you could charge your…

  • Less stress, more balance Changed lifestyle de-stresses the immune system in Crohn’s disease

    Less stress, more balance Changed lifestyle de-stresses the immune system in Crohn’s disease

    Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease in which immune cells are out of balance. Stress can exacerbate the symptoms and accelerate the course of the disease. A research team from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Bamberg Social Foundation recently showed that a multimodal programme of stress management…

  • Cyclists are the real drivers of innovation

    Cyclists are the real drivers of innovation

    Maximilian Hoor on Berlin as a hotspot of urban cycling culture and how knowledge of the city’s diverse cycling scene would promote a transport transition towards a bike-friendly city Berlin, October 29, 2024. Achieving a transport transition that aims to transform cities to make them safer, more liveable and ‘greener’ is not feasible without a…

  • More satisfaction with less work

    More satisfaction with less work

    Economist presents study results on the four-day pilot project Since the beginning of 2024, 45 organisations from various sectors have taken part in a six-month pilot project to introduce the four-day week. The results of the Germany-wide study show a significant positive change in life satisfaction. Münster, 18 October 2024: Well-being increases when working hours…

  • Training shifts the performance limits of the ageing brain

    A recent study shows that older people can improve their sensorimotor performance through targeted training. Neuronal resources of an ageing brain can be optimally stimulated through regular, coordinated balance training. Neuroscientists at Otto von Guericke University Magedeburg have conducted an interdisciplinary study with people aged 60 and over. Magdeburg, 14 October 2024: ‘Although our brain…

  • Temporary crisis, type thing or real disorder: Who needs psychotherapy?

    Temporary crisis, type thing or real disorder: Who needs psychotherapy?

    Anyone currently seeking psychotherapy in Germany waits an average of 20 weeks for their first appointment. Demand significantly exceeds supply, even though the number of therapists working in such practices has more than doubled from 2006 to 2021*. Psychologists at the University of Duisburg-Essen see a possible reason for this in a ‘culture of diagnosis’…