Colliding Dust and the Sparks of Creation

A study by the Medical University of Vienna shows that cancer patients receiving specialised palliative care do not have a higher suicide mortality rate than a comparative group of oncology patients. The findings suggest that interdisciplinary palliative care plays an important role in managing psychosocial and existential stress. The results have recently been published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.

An international research team including Stefan Kimeswenger, astrophysicist at the University of Innsbruck, has tested a new approach to studying Earth-like exoplanets.

Injections are considered the most important first-line treatment for acute, severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis), which can manifest, among other symptoms, as a drop in blood pressure.

Chronic inflammation is generally considered a risk factor for the development of cancer. In psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, the link with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer, has not yet been clarified. In medical practice, it has long been observed that tumours in psoriasis often do not develop directly in inflamed areas of skin. Researchers at MedUni Vienna have now confirmed this phenomenon in a study and identified the possible biological mechanism behind it. The results have recently been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).