The Medicinicum Lech is a public health event that has been held annually since 2014 in
Lech am Arlberg
Lech am Arlberg is a mountain village and an exclusive ski resort in the Bludenz district in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, on the banks of the river Lech.
In terms of both geography and history, Lech belongs to the Tannberg dist ...
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Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ...
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Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
). It is Vorarlberg's largest public health event.
The concept is to invite researchers and other medical professionals to give lectures in an interdisciplinary approach that draws on Western and Eastern medicine, alternative medicine. In addition to lectures and discussions, the Medicinicum is accompanied by events like cooking classes, herbal walks et cetera.
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Timeline
* 2014: "Jung bleiben – alt werden" (''Staying young – getting old'')
* 2015: "Lass Nahrung deine Medizin sein" (''Let food be your medicine'')
* 2016: "Stress – Fluch oder Segen? Gesund sein in hektischen Zeiten" (''Stress – curse or blessing? Being healthy in hectic times'')
* 2017: "Viele Wege führen zu Gesundheit – Rezepte aus Ost und West" (''Many routes lead to health. Recipes from East and West'')
* 2018: "Genuss – Sucht – Gesundheit" (''Joy – Addiction – Health'')
* 2019: “Der gesunde Mensch in einer gesunden Umwelt – Ökologie als Schlüsselfrage für unsere Gesundheit und Zukunft“ (''The healthy human in a healthy environment – ecology as the key question for our health and future'')
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2020: "Ewig Jung! Auf dem Weg zur Unsterblichkeit" (''Eternally Young! On the road to immortality'') (postponed due to
Covid-19
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* 2021: "Ewig Jung! Auf dem Weg zur Unsterblichkeit" (''Eternally Young! On the road to immortality'')
See also
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Philosophicum Lech
The Philosophicum Lech is a philosophical symposium in Lech am Arlberg in Vorarlberg (Austria). It has been established for the philosophical, cultural and social science reflection, discussion and encounter.
History
The idea for a philosophi ...
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Literaricum Lech
References
External links
Official website
Vorarlberg
Medical conferences
Public health
Annual events in Austria