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50 years – Research for a life without cancer
In order to advance cancer research, over 3,000 employees, including some 1,000 scientists, are working in more than 90 departments and work groups in the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) – the largest bio-medical research institute in Germany.

We ask – experts answer
When it comes to our health, on the one hand we like to be as well informed as possible, but on the other we often try to avoid the most expensive options for the wellbeing of our bodies. We interviewed six experts about the most important health themes.

Symptoms without allergies
Itchy eyes, runny noses, and breathing problems all make us think of allergies. But what do you do if the allergy test is negative?

Widespread diseases
Endemic diseases refer to those which are not contagious but still affect a large part of the population. They are not dependent on external circumstances.

Nutrition:
Recipe: Vegetable-champuru with apple-papaya-salad

What to do, if the pain stays
»Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.« This rather sober definition of pain comes from the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). But what is behind this »unpleasant experience«?

Therapeutic fasting
It’s a fact that much of what we eat and drink is actually poisonous for our bodies.