This content is machine translated Medidays Zurich 2017 The most common eye complaints in family practice “Red eye” is a symptom that is common in family practice. The underlying causes can be very diverse. Depending on the clinical picture, treatment by the general practitioner is possible…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated ESMO 2017 in Madrid Blocking the “escape route” for the tumor Upsets in first-line therapy of non-small cell EGFR-mutated lung cancer are imminent. With the FLAURA trial, osimertinib is confidently presenting itself for the first time as a treatment option for…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 73rd Annual Meeting Swiss Society of Urology in Lugano The old patient on the operating table The number of seniors in need of surgery is steadily increasing. At the same time, however, the perioperative risk also increases markedly with age. This makes the surgical decision and…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 26th EADV Congress in Geneva Therapy of atopic dermatitis on new paths The therapeutic landscape of atopic eczema has recently been invigorated by innovative trends in topical and systemic treatment. The U.S. is ahead of the Europeans in terms of approval –…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ESC Congress 2017, Barcelona Prevention of atrial fibrillation and complications The epidemic scale and serious complications make atrial fibrillation a major threat to cardiovascular health. In addition to vitamin K antagonists, four new oral anticoagulants (NOAKs) are available for stroke…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated EHA Congress in Madrid Earlier response does not translate into higher overall survival in CML Overall survival of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia cannot be altered by optimizations of imatinib therapy. This is despite the fact that earlier evaluations were able to demonstrate an influence…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Medidays Zurich 2017 Diabetes mellitus type 2 – Targeted through the drug jungle The number of people suffering from diabetes continues to rise. According to an estimate by the International Diabetes Federation, approximately 592 million people will be affected in 2035. This disease,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated SGDV Annual Congress 2017, Bern Is serology necessary for Lyme disease diagnosis? Lyme serology or even PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests are by no means always necessary when it comes to diagnosing skin borreliosis and initiating treatment. In typical erythema migrans, the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Breast cancer/lung cancer/leukemia Targeted Therapy At the beginning of August, a press roundtable on the specialist field of oncology was held in Zurich. Insight was provided into “targeted therapy” in breast carcinoma, acute lymphoblastic leukemia…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ICML 2017 in Lugano Long-term data are positive At the ICML Congress, the audience gained insight into long-term data from two phase III trials in mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. The new results confirm the statements…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 3rd Swiss Symposium on Psychosomatics in Zurich What does the patient want? “Personalized medicine” is almost a buzzword these days. But it doesn’t just affect the genetic side of medicine. Today, it is also impossible to imagine everyday practice without taking (inter)subjective…
