The World’s First Nuclear Clock

A study currently published in the top journal The Lancet Public Health looks at suicide prevention from the point of view of transmission, the transferability of suicidal thoughts and actions, but also of hope and coping strategies.

Previous studies have shown that patients immediately following and up to one year after discharge from in-patient psychiatric treatment have an increased risk of suicide.

The results of a multicentre study on multiple sclerosis recently published in the journal "Neurology" could significantly improve the treatment of this chronic inflammatory disease. Researchers from the Medical Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna and the Inselspital, University Hospital Bern have shown that two or more lesions in the brain visible on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within one year are an indication in favour of intensifying treatment. This is the first time that clear and evidence-based criteria for therapy adjustment have been established.

In a study led by MedUni Vienna, previously unknown cellular processes in the occluded coronary artery that can lead to a heart attack have been revealed.