University Center for Preventive Medicine
Profile Center of the University Medical Center Mainz
Those who stay healthy in the first place do not need to be healed. The teaching of early detection and prevention of diseases is not a modern invention. In ancient times, doctors and scientists, with the founder of medicine Hippocrates of Kos (460 - ca. 377 B.C.) leading the way, were already engaging in the fight against disease factors. The knowledge about the significance of prevention has accumulated over the centuries and its measures have been expanding continuously. Today, they double approximately every five years.
Therefore, an important aspect of modern medicine is to not only heal people, but also to prevent their illness. This requires an understanding of the origin and development of diseases, as well as observation and research on factors that turn a healthy person into a sick one.
Prevention (from Latin praevenire: "to anticipate"), and in the narrower sense of disease prevention, refers to measures that maintain or improve the state of health of the population, individual population groups or individuals.
Therefore, an important aspect of modern medicine is to not only heal people, but also to prevent their illness. This requires an understanding of the origin and development of diseases, as well as observation and research on factors that turn a healthy person into a sick one.
Prevention (from Latin praevenire: "to anticipate"), and in the narrower sense of disease prevention, refers to measures that maintain or improve the state of health of the population, individual population groups or individuals.
The Profile Center for Preventive Medicine at the University Medical Center Mainz starts exactly where research ends and therapy has not yet begun: In the form of extensive examinations, advice and therapy, we impart the latest research results in the field of prevention directly to the patient.
This unity of research, teaching and patient care is an absolute specific of the university medicine.
The University Medicine of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz is the only medical facility for supramaximal care in Rhineland-Palatinate and an internationally recognized scientific location. As a result of the interdisciplinary cooperation between the various clinics and facilities of the University Medical Center Mainz, we can offer you a comprehensive program of preventive examinations, which are performed on site without the need to travel long distances to different specialists or the associated waiting times.
Our departments have state-of-the-art technical equipment. This, combined with the physicians' extensive experience in interpreting examination results, facilitates quality-assured diagnostics at the highest level.
Furthermore, all physicians are very experienced in treating mild to very complex diseases. This means that they can not only make a qualified diagnosis, but they can also make immediate recommendations on therapy options. In case of treatment needs, all departments of the University Medical Center Mainz offer extensive modern and innovative therapy concepts.
This unity of research, teaching and patient care is an absolute specific of the university medicine.
The University Medicine of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz is the only medical facility for supramaximal care in Rhineland-Palatinate and an internationally recognized scientific location. As a result of the interdisciplinary cooperation between the various clinics and facilities of the University Medical Center Mainz, we can offer you a comprehensive program of preventive examinations, which are performed on site without the need to travel long distances to different specialists or the associated waiting times.
Our departments have state-of-the-art technical equipment. This, combined with the physicians' extensive experience in interpreting examination results, facilitates quality-assured diagnostics at the highest level.
Furthermore, all physicians are very experienced in treating mild to very complex diseases. This means that they can not only make a qualified diagnosis, but they can also make immediate recommendations on therapy options. In case of treatment needs, all departments of the University Medical Center Mainz offer extensive modern and innovative therapy concepts.