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Two new scientific studies to understand the spread of antibiotic resistance (ABR) along the Danube have produced important key findings: Biofilms present in the river may be better indicators than the water itself of the entry of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from clinical facilities and wastewater.
The KL Lunchtime Seminar Series regularly brings national and international researchers to Karl Landsteiner University. Presenting current research results promotes the scientific exchange at KL. The next semester will start with a top-class international guest.
Older people want to remain in their home environment for longer, this includes people with dementia and their relatives. For this to succeed, it is important that professional home care is prepared for the challenges that come with this. A central challenge in the care of people with dementia is aggressive behaviour, which is still taboo and hardly researched in the home setting.
On 1st August 2022, the submission deadline for the General practitioner scholarship starts.
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A study at the Karl Landsteiner Private University for Health Sciences (KL) investigated the theoretical significance of self-organisation for illness-related uncertainty in the course of chronic illness.
“Social distancing” was and still is one of the most important strategies against the spreading of Covid-19. The motivation to maintain contact restrictions is therefore important for the containment of the pandemic. Differently formulated appeals affect willingness for compliance in people.
Azacitidine is commonly used to treat a subset of blood cancers in patients unfit for chemotherapy. Doctors from all over Austria have recorded the occurrence of adverse events with this agent in a real-world setting. A team from the University Hospital of Krems and the Karl Landsteiner University participated in this study.
Daily feelings of hunger can be linked to negative emotionality. This is what researchers at the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL) found in a study that was recently published in the renowned scientific journal PLOS ONE. The experience-sampling project with student participation on "hangry", the simultaneous occurrence of feelings of hunger and negative emotions, was conducted together with Anglia Ruskin University, UK. The special feature: an app developed at KL made this research possible in the "field", i.e. in the everyday life of the participants.
Lower Austrian Medical Association urgently appeals to doctors and the public to donate blood. Operations have already had to be postponed due to a lack of blood reserves.
D.O.T. research group developed analogue and digital measures to promote mental health in children and young people.
How can children in difficult life situations be supported in their personal development and in their social environment? This central question of mental health care was addressed by the international and interdisciplinary research group within the framework of the project "D.O.T. - The Open Door". At the online final conference at the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL) at the end of June 2022, the highlights of four years of research work were now presented.
The 4th European Calcium Channel Conference in Alpbach presented the latest research findings.