In mid-January 2024, the Friedrich Schiller University Jena made an important discovery public: A team of researchers from the universities of Jena and Shenzhen (China), as well as the Jena…

Study reveals that urban green space has a limited impact on air pollution control, with street-level vegetation potentially increasing pollution by hindering ventilation.

A snippet of hair can reveal a pregnant person's stress level and may one day help warn of unexpected birth problems, a study indicates.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Switzerland, like many other countries, relied on contact tracing to identify people likely to have been contaminated by an infected acquaintance.

Combining brain stimulation with intense physical rehabilitation helped stroke survivors recover movement in their arms and hands and maintain these improvements for one year, according to a study to be…

Stroke survivors living in areas with poor economic conditions were twice as likely to have a poor recovery compared to survivors living in areas with better conditions, according to a…

Stroke survivors were more likely to remain physically active or even exercise more after their stroke if they lived in neighborhoods with easy access to recreational centers and gyms, according…

Compared with the standard clot-busting medication alteplase, the newer clot-buster tenecteplase may offer a safe, effective and simpler way to treat ischemic (clot-caused) stroke in mobile stroke units, according to…

Having a stroke may significantly increase the risk of developing dementia. The risk of dementia was the highest in the first year after a stroke and remained elevated over a…

Heart attack risk almost doubles in the first year after a stroke or when combined with a tear in a neck artery wall, however, a tear without a stroke does…