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Physically fit primary school pupils feel better and can concentrate better. They are more likely to make it to higher-level secondary grammar schools than children with less sporting abilities. This has been confirmed for the first time in a study by the Department of Sport and Health Sciences at… [read more]

On March 1, 2022, Prof. Dr. Matthias Richter accepted the call of TUM to the new Chair of Social Determinants of Health. Previously, he held the Chair of Medical Sociology and was Director of the Institute of the same name at the Medical Faculty of Martin Luther University (MLU)… [read more]

Merciless self-optimizer with eating disorders, role model and victim of bullying - today, together with her one million followers on YouTube, in search of the feel-good body: the well-known fitness blogger Sophia Thiel let the camera accompany her during the body checkup at the Polyclinic for… [read more]

A heart defect is one of the most common congenital malformations. In Germany, around 6,500 children are born with a congenital heart defect every year. Thanks to medical and technological progress, more than 90 percent of them now reach adulthood. However, adults with congenital heart defects… [read more]

In the Corona pandemic, more young people need professional psychotherapeutic help than ever before: The StAR online training of the Assistant Professorship of Psychology and Digital Mental Health Care led by Prof. Dr. David Daniel Ebert offers adolescents and young adults the opportunity to work… [read more]