The USZ offers the only microbiome consultation in Switzerland. What are the consultation hours about and who is the new offer aimed at? We asked Prof. Michael Scharl. The specialist in gastrointes...

The spread of resistance can render HIV agents useless. Researchers from the USZ, the University of Bern and the University of KwaZulu-Natal have investigated how common resistance to the most impo...

Good hearing in old age is central to participation in social life. More and more older women and men are opting for a cochlear implant when hearing aids are no longer sufficient. The 5000th cochle...

Community Event of the USZ Health Innovation Hub from Thursday, September 14, 2023

For the first time in Switzerland, vascular surgeons of USZ inserted an aortic arch prosthesis entirely by minimally invasive procedure, without incisions, via an inguinal artery and accesses in th...

Ticks are active not only in spring and summer. What to do in case of a tick bite? What diseases can ticks transmit? And what is known about the new ALS virus? We answer the most frequently asked q...

Involuntary childlessness can become a great burden for couples. Brigitte Leeners is a specialist in fertility treatments and director of the University Fertility Center at the University Hospital ...

After a heart attack it might be worth it to already treat constrictions in blood vessels not involved in the heart attack right away during the first intervention to treat the heart attack. In a l...