Medicine

The Podcast “Medicine & Health”

The sickle cell anemia, a hereditary blood disease +++ Suffering at the end of life +++ glimmer of hope for brain tumors

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Medicine and health from the 12.02.2016

The Sichelzellenkrankheit is the most severe Form of the so-called Hämoglobinopathie. It is characterized by a hereditary disorder of the red blood pigment. So that each year worldwide an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 children are born. It used to be assumed that sickle cell patients adulthood. With good medical care, chances are good though. However, life is most Affected in Africa, and there, it looks for the little patients are not good. Fabian Schmidt is the question of what needs to be done to the disease around the world to get a grip.

Improving the quality of life

The death is still a taboo subject. Most of us push it in front of her, do not want to remember, let alone talk about it. Many of you may have no relatives in the last phase of life to take care of you. And thus, as palliative care is increasingly important. A report by Jenny von Sperber.

Malicious hirneigener Tumor

In cancer research, there are always new forms of therapy. Also, in glioblastoma, a malignant brain tumor, often within a short period of time developed and very aggressive. Now researchers have studies with rapidly changing electric fields is carried out. To Supplement the chemotherapy and can the success of the therapy seem to improve. Silke Schmidt-Thrö has a patient taken at one such study as a participant.

Editing and Moderation: Gudrun Heise