Jörg Blech, born in 1966, is a biologist and graduate of the Hamburg Journalism School. He was health editor at Stern and Die Zeit before joining Spiegel. His cover stories regularly attract a large readership, and his features are among the most read articles at Spiegel+. He is also the author of numerous bestsellers, including Leben auf dem Menschen (‘Life on Planet Human’), Die Krankheitserfinder (‘The disease inventors’) and Die Heilkraft der Bewegung (‘The healing power of exercise’). His books have been translated into 12 languages so far.