HRP’s research archive
Asking the longer questions.
Herbert Renz-Polster’s work spans pediatrics, evolutionary medicine, public health and the pathobiology of complex chronic illness.
This content may or may not be related to The Treasure Within. It summarizes HRP’s research work.
Current focus
Four fields of inquiry
Plain-language context leads to the primary literature. Claims are labeled by study type and linked to the scholarly record.
SIDS
An evolutionary-developmental model that asks not only what places infants at risk, but what normally protects them.
Read the overview Infant developmentPlagiocephaly
Systematic review and evolutionary mismatch theory concerning deformational flattening of the infant skull.
Read the overview Complex chronic illnessME/CFS
Pathobiology, post-exertional malaise, pediatric outcomes, Long COVID overlap and clinical consensus.
Read the overview Prevention and early childhoodChild health & public health
Preschool health promotion, parent participation, population-level evidence and the evaluation of health-care data.
Read the overviewPublication record
Indexed bibliography
Seventeen PubMed-indexed records from 1992–2024, grouped by subject. Titles originally published in German are rendered in English for orientation; PubMed retains the official record. Additional scholarly work that is not indexed in PubMed appears on the relevant topic page.
SIDS & infant sleep
1 recordDeath from Failed Protection? An Evolutionary-Developmental Theory of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Human Nature · PMID 39069595
Plagiocephaly
2 recordsDeformational plagiocephaly: The case for an evolutionary mismatch
Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health · PMID 30151193
Deformational plagiocephaly in normal infants: a systematic review of causes and hypotheses
Archives of Disease in Childhood · PMID 28104626
ME/CFS & Long COVID
6 recordsInterdisciplinary D-A-CH consensus statement concerning the diagnosis and treatment of ME/CFS
Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · PMID 38743348
One-year follow-up of young people with ME/CFS following infectious mononucleosis by Epstein-Barr virus
Frontiers in Pediatrics · PMID 38304441
The overview of the current evidence ignores the current evidence
Der Nervenarzt · PMID 37368011
When COVID does not heal: post-COVID courses with fatigue and exercise intolerance
Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift · PMID 36195090
Post-COVID syndrome with fatigue and exercise intolerance: myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Innere Medizin · PMID 35925074
The Pathobiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Case for Neuroglial Failure
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · PMID 35614970
Child health & public health
5 recordsWhat role do children in school and kindergarten settings play in transmitting SARS-CoV-2? An evidence-based perspective
Bundesgesundheitsblatt · PMID 34792612
Caesarean section in German hospitals: validity of hospital quality report data for monitoring C-section rates
Das Gesundheitswesen · PMID 25077731
A participatory physical activity intervention in preschools: a cluster randomized controlled trial
American Journal of Preventive Medicine · PMID 23790990
A participatory parent-focused intervention promoting physical activity in preschools: design of a cluster-randomized trial
BMC Public Health · PMID 20113522
Caesarean section delivery and the risk of allergic disorders in childhood
Clinical & Experimental Allergy · PMID 16297144
Earlier clinical work
3 recordsManaged care: success or failure
JAMA · PMID 11585476
Comment on Mallol et al.
Pediatric Pulmonology · PMID 11536458
Hinman syndrome: pronounced renal failure as a sequela of pseudo-neurogenic disorder of bladder emptying
Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde · PMID 1603099