Epidemiology

A study led by Tobias Pischon has found that low socioeconomic status raises the risk of cardiovascular disease in women more so than in men. The study in the "Journal of the American Heart Association" underlines the importance of gender-specific prevention.

Are there measurable biological changes that occur over time that can predict the development of chronic disease? The German National Cohort Study aims to find out. The study has just started its third round of testing. All participants are encouraged to return for their re-examinations.

Every day up to twelve people come to the NAKO health study’s Berlin-North Study Center to be examined from head to toe. Now, Tobias Pischon and his team at the Max Delbrück Center have welcomed their 5,555th participant. The researcher explains why the data they collect are so important.

A team led by Dr. Lina Jaeschke and Professor Tobias Pischon of the MDC has investigated the individual factors associated with high and low levels of physical activity. The results, which have been published in the journal Scientific Reports, contain some surprises.

The dangerous life of the couch potato: People who spend too long sitting are at higher risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. In the citizen science project SMOVE, the MDC is joining forces with schoolchildren to research the relationship between environmental influences and sedentary behavior.

The MRI study center at the Max Delbrück Center has already examined 5,000 participants as part of the nationwide German National Cohort (GNC). We talked to Professor Thoralf Niendorf, head of the MRI center, about what’s happening with the data – and Annett Anacker, the 5,000th participant in Berlin, tells us why she’s taking part.

Another milestone has been reached: In November 2018, the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) welcomed the 5,000th participant at the MRI center of the German National Cohort (GNC) health study.

The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) has been participating in the German National Cohort since 2014. More than 8,000 people have already been examined as part of this nationwide study into health and disease.

The German National Cohort’s MRI center at the MDC welcomes its 4,000th participant

We have reached the half-way mark. Ute Radeklau from Berlin is the 3,000th person to be examined in the Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the context of the largest German health study NAKO.