This content is machine translated Swiss Symposium Psychooncology 2018 in Bern News from the field of integrative oncology Many cancer patients are interested in complementary medicine measures. There is now evidence of efficacy for some of the supportive treatments. Good interdisciplinary cooperation is central to this.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated General Internal Medicine Update Refresher in Zurich When the intestine rebels Norovirus is a “pest” that strikes again every year, especially in the winter months – but it is far from being the only pathogen causing infectious diarrhea. Antibiotic-associated illness caused…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated SGAIM Spring Congress 2018, Basel Dealing with suicidal patients What are risk factors for suicide and how does the physician recognize in time whether his patient is at risk? The concept of the narrative interview is suitable for a…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Joint Annual Meeting 2018 of the SGP, St. Gallen Update on childhood community-acquired pneumonia. Update on the management of common, non-severe, community-acquired pneumonia in children: are chest radiographs and laboratory tests recommended? How many days should antibiotic treatment be given? When and how should…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated SGAIM Spring Congress 2018, Basel Nutritional therapy for short bowel syndrome Short bowel syndrome (KDS) refers to a form of bowel failure that occurs postoperatively after extensive bowel resection or due to other functional limitation of bowel segments. Depending on the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Annual Congress of the American Urological Association (AUA), San Francisco Risk assessment in prostate cancer: what do biomarkers do? Since the implementation of PSA testing, the number of PCa diagnoses has multiplied. Biomarkers are increasingly used to prevent overdiagnosis and overtreatment. New approaches, but also limitations, of microbiological testing…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated ELCC 2018 in Geneva Not “only” live longer, but also better Atezolizumab enables long-term survival for some pretreated lung cancer patients. Alectinib also helps patients live a more tolerable daily life by mitigating disease symptoms over the longer term. These are…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Zurich Review Course in Clinical Cardiology When do I choose which stent? The history of stents is marked by numerous successes, but also setbacks. In the meantime, many “teething troubles” have been overcome. A wide range of stents is available for different…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Gynecology Update Refresher Vulvar cancer – where do we stand today? Detection of precancerous lesions is important in light of rising incidence rates of vulvar cancer internationally. There is a need to catch up especially in the area of HPV-negative lesions.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Interdisciplinary Symposium "Brain and Skin", Bern It’s the brain that itches, not the skin The role of functional magnetic resonance imaging in itch research was presented by Simon Müller, MD, Senior Physician Dermatology Clinic, University Hospital Basel. He gave an overview of interdisciplinary itch…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SWISS eHealth Barometer 2018 New data on the electronic patient dossier document departure The new eHealth Barometer 2018 was presented at the SWISS eHealth Forum in Bern: There is movement in the topic of digitalization of healthcare. The players are networking, the stakeholders…
