Medical University of Vienna

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

COVID-19 in pregnant women can damage the placenta and the fetus

Using prenatal magnetic resonance imaging, a group of MedUni Vienna researchers examined the placentas and fetuses of women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy. Their research results demonstrate that the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Specific immune response to Epstein-Barr virus discovered

Medical science has not yet been able to explain why the Epstein-Barr virus triggers infectious mononucleosis (IM) in some people with initial infections and not in others. But now, a research team led by Elisabeth Puchhammer-Stöckl, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Tweets regarding suicide prevention might prevent suicide

A scientific team led by Thomas Niederkrotenthaler and Hannah Metzler from MedUni Vienna and Complexity Science Hub Vienna analyzed approximately 7 million postings on the topic of suicide and suicide prevention on Twitter. ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Light therapy found to relieve fatigue syndrome in multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is almost always accompanied by fatigue, a massive tiredness that is described by the vast majority of patients as the most distressing symptom. In a recent study, a research group led by Stefan Seidel ...

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