Medicine combines science, research, empathy and emotional reward like no other profession 

On World Resuscitation Day, the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL) in Krems is launching an action plan to raise awareness about the importance of acute assistance in an emergency - with the aim of lowering the inhibition threshold for resuscitation measures and increasing the willingness to take the initiative. A central contribution to this has already been made since 2022 by emerKREMSy, the student association for emergency medicine at KL.

For two days at the end of September 2023, the wonderful surroundings of the auditorium in Grafenegg were the setting for the Academic Graduation Ceremony of the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences.

LH-Stv. Pernkopf: Drei neue Stiftungsprofessuren im Kampf gegen Krebs.

Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften und FH St. Pölten starten Kooperation.

Mainstream media is often the first and sometimes the only source of information about mental health for many people. The portrayal of mental disorders can thus have a great influence on how public perceptions and thus stigmatisation of illnesses are influenced. At the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, the experts at the Research Centre Transitional Psychiatry deal, among other things, with the question of how the topic of mental health is dealt with in media reporting. A recent study, which was also published in a renowned magazine, examined the portrayal of autism in the context of its stigmatising attribution.

Together with partners from seven different European countries, private lecture Dr Beate Schrank, MSc PhD and Professor Dr Giovanni Rubeis are developing an app to promote the mental health of young people in the Horizon Europe Framework Programme. After the ErasmusPlus project Teaching To Be, ASP-belong is the next successfully acquired EU project for Karl Landsteiner University. In addition to the funding of scientific staff, KL will benefit from intensified networking in the European research community.

New recommendations on current best treatment options favor targeted therapies for specific genetic alterations in tumor cells.

Wie leben ältere Menschen in Österreich und welche Ansprüche und Wünsche haben sie an ihr Wohnen? Das Kompetenzzentrum für Gerontologie und Gesundheitsforschung hat unter der Leitung von Herrn Prof. Dr. Franz Kolland eine repräsentative Befragung über Wohnbedürfnisse und zukünftige Wohnpräferenzen älterer Österreicher:innen (60+) durchgeführt. In Zusammenarbeit mit der SeneCura Gruppe wurde der „Wohnmonitor Alter“ im Frühjahr 2023 wiederholt und Veränderungen durch die vorherrschenden multiplen Krisen untersucht.

On September 7-8, 2023, this year's annual meeting of the Inter-University Cooperation Center for Water and Health (ICC Water & Health) was held at KL, as it was last year.

Von 28. bis 31. August 2023 fand an der Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität für Gesundheitswissenschaften die Summerschool zum Thema „Person-Centred or Evidence-Based? Neue Wege in der (pflegebezogenen) Wirkungsforschung“ des Fachbereichs Pflegewissenschaft statt.

In collaboration with the KL Division of General and Family Medicine and the two Clinical Divisions of the KL University Hospital in Tull "Psychiatry and Psychotherapeutic Medicine" and "Neurology", the new S1 guideline for the management of post-viral conditions was developed using the example of post-COVID-19. This updated and revised the previous recommendation on differential diagnosis and treatment strategy for Long Covid from 2021. In addition to providing information on the latest developments in drug therapy, the publication primarily serves as a reference work for practitioners and gives clear recommendations for action.