Weight loss followed by weight regain, commonly known as “yo‑yo dieting” or weight cycling, is often portrayed as harmful, even more damaging than…

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) has announced the recipients of this year's National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Awards. Among this…

EDENT1FI (“European action for the Diagnosis of Early Non-clinical Type 1 diabetes For disease Interception”), a research project led by Prof.…

Two scientists from the DZD were featured as speakers at the F.A.Z. Conference on Health & Nutrition. In his keynote, Prof. Peter Schwarz highlighted…

Unravelling the molecular mechanisms causal to type 2 diabetes across global populations and disease-relevant tissues. Nature Metabolism 2026 Close-up…

An international research group has examined how many people are affected by preclinical and clinical obesity and what health risks are associated…

Human metabolism is regulated by internal clocks and show the so-called circadian rhythms. Many processes, such as sugar uptake, fat burning, or…

In 2025, the Else Kröner-Fresenius Foundation is awarding nine Else Kröner Excellence Fellowships to outstanding physicians. Among them is Dr.…

The German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund a Clinician Scientist Programme for the University Medical Centre Düsseldorf over a period of three…

On 15 June, the Edens Prize 2021 of the Eberhard Igler Foundation was awarded to Dr Patricia Wischmann, MD, Clinic of Cardiology, Pneumology and…