This content is machine translated AHA Scientific Sessions 2018 Dapagliflozin reduces heart failure hospitalization rate Diabetes is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk, which should be taken into account therapeutically. In 2015, the EMPA-REG OUTCOME study demonstrated positive cardiovascular effects of the SGLT-2 inhibitor empagliflozin.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Advanced training "Skin in old age", Zurich Hair Anti Aging News The aging process shows not only on the skin, but also on the hair. Prof. Dr. Ralph Trüeb spoke about graying, alopecia and age-related changes of the hair shaft at…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated ECTRIMS Congress in Berlin International MS experts provided an update on research and therapy How can Big Data be used in the field of multiple sclerosis? And what’s the latest on existing treatment options? The ECTRIMS congress in Berlin clarified.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated German Pain Congress in Mannheim Fit for the future – modern migraine prophylaxis CGRP has potent vasodilatory properties and plays a central role in pain initiation as well as neurogenic inflammation. This knowledge gave rise to a completely new class of substances that,…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Psychosomatics for headaches Breaking the vicious circle Causes and causal relationships of headaches are complex. Isabelle Rittmeyer, MD, Chief of Psychosomatic Medicine at the Zurich Rehab Center Davos, focused on psychosomatic aspects at the SGAIM Fall Congress…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 31st ECNP Congress 2018 Powerful microbiome: How nutrition can help depressed patients For four days, representatives of the neurosciences met in Barcelona for the 2018 ECNP Congress. A central theme was the influence of lifestyle and environmental factors on health. Prof. Dr.…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated ESMO 2018 in Munich Quantum leap in ovarian cancer? The SOLO-1 trial was one of the “hot” topics at this year’s ESMO. A PFS improvement of 70% with good tolerance and efficacy not only in recurrences suggest a relevant…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 28th German Skin Cancer Congress 2018, Stuttgart Update on immunotherapy of malignant melanoma Combination immunotherapy, adjuvant immune checkpoint blockade, and long-term survival after PD-1 inhibitor therapy were the topics of two satellite symposia at the German Skin Cancer Congress.
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Congress of the Swiss Society of Urology in Lausanne One man’s joy is another man’s sorrow Erectile dysfunction can be severely limiting. The same applies to the opposite: if an erection persists permanently, it can become really dangerous. What to do when erectile tissue does not…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated DGHO in Vienna Prostate and breast cancer: the future belongs to combined therapies Treatment options are often limited in both prostate and breast carcinoma. The search for new effective drugs and combination therapies is therefore the primary goal of current studies.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SGAI Annual Congress Interlaken A colorful bouquet of allergological and immunological topics At this year’s congress of the Swiss Society of Allergology and Immunology (SGAI), current developments in the fields of therapy and research were highlighted. In addition to new therapeutic approaches…
