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Overview

Stefan N. Willich is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine with specific emphasis on complementary and alternative medicine, immunology and allergy, dermatology, psychiatry and mental health, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work spans a number of topics, including:

  • Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Recent significant papers by Stefan N. Willich include:

  • Acupuncture in Patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy-Related Complaints: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial, 2023, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Group hypnosis for stress reduction and improved stress coping: a multicenter randomized controlled trial, 2020, BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
  • International time trends in sudden unexpected infant death, 1969-2012, 2020, BMC Pediatrics
  • The effect of osteopathic medicine on pain in musicians with nonspecific chronic neck pain: a randomized controlled trial, 2020, Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
  • Feasibility and Possible Effects of Mindful Walking and Moderate Walking in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study With a Nested Qualitative Study Part, 2022, Integrative Cancer Therapies

Frequent co-authors working alongside Stefan N. Willich include:

  • Benno Brinkhaus
  • Miriam Ortiz
  • Gabriele Rotter
  • Michael Teut
  • Stephanie Roll

Stefan N. Willich's publications are often featured in several journals and venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Complementary Medicine Research
  • BMC Pediatrics
  • Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine
  • BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
  • Osteopathische Medizin

Best Publications

  • Circadian variation in the frequency of sudden cardiac death.

    J E Muller;P L Ludmer;S N Willich;G H Tofler

  • Concurrent morning increase in platelet aggregability and the risk of myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death.

    Geoffrey H. Tofler;Damian Brezinski;Andrew I. Schafer;Charles A. Czeisler

  • Association of physical activity with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Marc Nocon;Theresa Hiemann;Falk Müller-Riemenschneider;Frank Thalau

  • Exercise and Acute Cardiovascular Events Placing the Risks Into Perspective: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism and the Council on Clinical Cardiology

    Paul D. Thompson;Barry A. Franklin;Gary J. Balady

  • Obesity prevalence from a European perspective: a systematic review

    Anne Berghöfer;Tobias Pischon;Thomas Reinhold;Caroline M Apovian

  • Circadian variation in the incidence of sudden cardiac death in the Framingham Heart Study population.

    Stefan N. Willich;Daniel Levy;Michael B. Rocco;Geoffrey H. Tofler

  • Acupuncture for patients with migraine: a randomized controlled trial.

    Klaus Linde;Andrea Streng;Susanne Jürgens;Andrea Hoppe

  • Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP): A health examination survey in an east German region: Objectives and design

    U John;B Greiner;E Hensel;J Lüdemann

  • The impact of patient expectations on outcomes in four randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in patients with chronic pain

    Klaus Linde;Claudia M. Witt;Andrea Streng;Wolfgang Weidenhammer

  • Acupuncture in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.

    Benno Brinkhaus;Claudia M. Witt;Susanne Jena;Klaus Linde

  • Safety of acupuncture: results of a prospective observational study with 229,230 patients and introduction of a medical information and consent form.

    Claudia M. Witt;Daniel Pach;Benno Brinkhaus;Katja Wruck

  • Obesity, Inflammation, and Periodontal Disease

    N. Pischon;N. Heng;J.-P. Bernimoulin;B.-M. Kleber

  • Effects of gender and race on prognosis after myocardial infarction: adverse prognosis for women, particularly black women.

    Geoffrey H. Tofler;Peter H. Stone;James E. Muller;Stefan N. Willich

  • Acupuncture in patients with tension-type headache: randomised controlled trial

    Dieter Melchart;Andrea Streng;Andrea Hoppe;Benno Brinkhaus

  • Diurnal, weekly and seasonal variation of sudden death. Population-based analysis of 24,061 consecutive cases.

    H R Arntz;S N Willich;C Schreiber;T Brüggemann

  • Prognostic Relevance of a Novel TNM Classification System for Upper Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

    Ulrich‐Frank Pape;Henning Jann;Jacqueline Müller‐Nordhorn;Angelina Bockelbrink

  • Prognostic factors of long-term outcome in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours.

    Ulrich-Frank Pape;Uta Berndt;Jacqueline Müller-Nordhorn;Michael Böhmig

  • Pragmatic Randomized Trial Evaluating the Clinical and Economic Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain

    Claudia M. Witt;Susanne Jena;Dagmar Selim;Benno Brinkhaus

  • Morning increase in platelet aggregability. Association with assumption of the upright posture.

    D A Brezinski;G H Tofler;J E Muller;S Pohjola-Sintonen

  • Increased onset of sudden cardiac death in the first three hours after awakening.

    Stefan N. Willich;Robert J. Goldberg;Robert J. Goldberg;Malcolm Maclure;Malcolm Maclure;Lucy Perriello;Lucy Perriello

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Greiner
Wolfgang Greiner Bielefeld University
Thomas Keil
Thomas Keil University of Würzburg
Karl Wegscheider
Karl Wegscheider Universität Hamburg
Klaus Linde
Klaus Linde Technical University of Munich
Arno Villringer
Arno Villringer Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Manuel Monreal
Manuel Monreal Autonomous University of Barcelona
Giancarlo Agnelli
Giancarlo Agnelli University of Perugia
Peter Malfertheiner
Peter Malfertheiner Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Manfred Stolte
Manfred Stolte Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Michael Vieth
Michael Vieth University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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