This content is machine translated ESC Congress in London Much discussed results on myocardial infarction and pacemakers. Once again this year, numerous exciting events took place at the ESC Congress in London. As always, the hot-line sessions with cutting-edge and practice-relevant study results generated a lot of…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated From HIV to smoking to coffee News and study results from the European Hypertension Congress In June 2015, the “25th European Meeting on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection” was held in Milan. In various oral sessions, the latest study results on subfields of hypertension research were…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Stomach cancer, endometrial carcinoma, sarcomas New study results from the ASCO Congress 2015 In June 2015, the Swiss PostASCO Meeting took place in Bern – the ideal event for all those who cannot or do not want to attend the ASCO Congress in…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated World Congress of Dermatology Scalp and hair in focus The 23rd World Congress of Dermatology was held in Vancouver in June. In addition to the large, prominently placed studies, various smaller studies were also convincing with their interesting approaches…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated SGDV Congress Skin and vessels The 97th SGDV Congress, held this year at the University of Irchel, followed the motto “Without vessels no skin – without skin no vessels” and was dedicated to the multifaceted…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Cardiac arrhythmias News about atrial fibrillation At a symposium on cardiac arrhythmias at the Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, the epidemiology, diagnostics and risk assessment of atrial fibrillation were discussed. In addition, the study situation regarding direct oral…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated EULAR - Osteoporosis New treatment approaches in the pipeline Osteoporosis may be primary or secondary associated with another disease. For the latter form, both the pathological processes of the underlying condition itself and the use of certain drugs such…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pacemaker What the internist should know At the Internal Medicine Update Refresher in Zurich, Christine Franzini, MD, from the Stadtspital Triemli, vividly explained the tasks that cardiac pacemakers can perform in modern medicine. She discussed the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Parkinson's syndrome Non-motor symptoms must not be forgotten Prof. Dr. med. Jürg Kesselring, Valens Clinics, spoke on the topic of “Parkinson’s Syndrome” at the Update Refresher Internal Medicine. After a brief historical review of the origins and research…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Stroke Symposium in Bern Endovascular therapy for large vessel occlusion gets a boost On August 20, 2015, the Stroke Symposium of the Department of Neurology of the Inselspital Bern took place for the fifth time. The focus of interest this year was endovascular…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Deadly unhappy or highly satisfied? Neurobiology and the Economics of Happiness In psychiatry, the goal is to make “unhappy” people “happy” again through therapy. But what does happiness actually mean? And what factors contribute to people becoming satisfied or dissatisfied? At…
