Certain drugs against high blood pressure are suspected to cause a more severe course of Covid-19, but this suspicion is still awaiting confirmation by experts. The physician Manfred Hecking is now conducting the first clinical study to investigate the exact relationship between the system that regulates human blood pressure and corona infection. Continue reading “What Corona has to do with high blood pressure”
A research group led by the physician Christian Dejaco is investigating circumstances under which patients may stop taking medication for rheumatoid arthritis without running the risk of the disease flaring up again. Continue reading “Ultrasound for better therapeutic effects in rheumatism”
In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a research group from Vienna investigated how genetic data can be made accessible in medical practice in order to improve the safety and effectiveness of medication. Continue reading “The genetic code in your pocket”