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24. Aug 2023

Predictors of gain in exercise capacity through cardiac rehabilitation: Sex and age matter

Background: Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a cornerstone of secondary prevention that improves cardiovascular outcomes. However, the determinants of treatment success are poorly understood.
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23. Aug 2023

Publication with PEU participation

Acceptability, Appropriateness and Feasibility of a Nurse-Led Integrated Care Intervention for Patients with Severe Exacerbation of COPD from the Healthcare Professional's Perspective - A Mixed Met...
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23. Aug 2023

Body Contouring – well-being thanks to body shaping procedures

If the shape of the body has been permanently altered, body contouring procedures can help you to feel comfortable in your body again. The Department for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery offers a s...
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16. Aug 2023

Apartments instead of offices

The USZ is releasing two properties in the neighborhood that were previously used as offices. In addition, the hospital is converting various staff rooms outside the USZ campus into studios and apa...
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16. Aug 2023

Research project on postpartum hemorrhage receives National Science Foundation funding

Heavy bleeding after childbirth affects about one in ten women and can be life-threatening. Normally, the wound caused by the shedding of the placenta closes quickly due to the contractions of the ...
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10. Aug 2023

A deep look into the heart

Specialists diagnose and treat heart diseases in around 3,000 patients in the cardiac catheterization laboratories at the University Hospital Zurich (USZ) every year. A look over the shoulder of ca...
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27. Jun 2023

First robot-assisted kidney transplant at USZ

For the first time at the University Hospital Zurich, surgeons removed a kidney from a living donor with help from a robot. Performing the procedure with the assistance of a robot enables further i...
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21. Jun 2023

When snoring becomes a problem: A tongue pacemaker for stopping breathing pauses

If snoring is causing breathing pauses and other types of treatment are unsuccessful, an implanted tongue pacemaker can help. The Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (ORL) now ...
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08. Jun 2023

Droopy upper eyelids – when the eyelid presses on the mood

Droopy upper eyelids bother many sufferers because they always make the facial expression appear tired or irritated. The droopy upper eyelids can also trigger eye inflammation or obstruct vision. D...
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26. May 2023

Research in military and disaster medicine in collaboration with the medical research center of the Swiss Armed Forces

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18. Apr 2023

Blood test instead of tissue sample for the best possible cancer therapy

Cancer therapies that are precisely tailored to the patient can be highly effective. For patients with a tumor disease, from whom it is not possible to take the necessary tissue sample, a blood tes...
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18. Apr 2023

Measuring the quality of medical interventions

Currently, there are no internationally valid rules on how the quality of medical interventions should be measured. The Outcome4Medicine conference in Zurich in June 2022, led by USZ and UZH profes...
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22. Mar 2023

Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich opens new outpatient clinic

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21. Mar 2023

USZ is Number 1 in Switzerland!

We are very pleased to have been awarded the best hospital in Switzerland in the Newsweek ranking 2023: World’s Best Hospitals 2023 – Top 250.
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22. Feb 2023

1000 patients per day in the outpatient health center USZ Airport

The USZ outpatient health center in The Circle neighborhood at the airport, which opened in October 2020, reached the 1000 patients per day mark at the beginning of February. More than 20 specialti...
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26. Jan 2023

New Brachytherapy Program succesfully implemented

50 patients have been treated successfully within the past 20 months under our new Brachytherapy Program
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