This content is machine translated Allergo update 2016 Current developments in allergology What is currently happening in the field of allergology? At the two-day Allergo Update 2016 in Cologne, allergists, dermatologists, ENT specialists, pediatricians and pneumologists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland were…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Annual Meeting of the Brain Stroke Society Cerebral amyloid angiopathy – a not so rare cause of cerebral hemorrhage At this year’s annual meeting of the Brain Stroke Society in Aarau, Prof. David Werring, UCL, Institute of Neurology, London (UK), provided information on cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). This disease…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Multiple Sclerosis Symposium in Bern How to increase the benefit of therapy and minimize the risk? At the Multiple Sclerosis Symposium in Bern, experts took a close look at current symptomatic and disease-modifying therapy. With the rapid advances made in recent years, it is important to…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Neither under nor over treatment Principles of lymphoma therapy in elderly patients The elderly often cannot be treated as aggressively as younger people for cancer. But at the same time, you don’t want to deprive someone of an effective medication “just” because…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Alcohol Emergencies Do not forget the background of intoxications In recent decades, alcohol consumption in Switzerland has decreased overall – but at the same time, the number of people who are hospitalized in emergency due to alcohol intoxication is…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated More exercise, fewer transfusions Aspects of supportive therapy in oncology patients. At the annual congress of the German, Austrian and Swiss Societies of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) in Basel, various supportive measures were scrutinized during a symposium. More exercise during…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated UEGW and Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Colorectal cancer – surgery and aftercare Should an asymptomatic colorectal primary tumor with nonresectable synchronous liver metastases be resected initially or only if there is a good response after chemotherapy? This question was discussed again at…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Proton pump inhibitors No prescription without correct indication At the 55th Continuing Medical Education in Davos in January 2016, a workshop focused on the correct use of proton pump inhibitors (PPI). Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Beglinger, Claraspital Basel,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diet for diabetes Estimating carbohydrates is good, weighing them is even better The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus almost always means that patients have to change their diet. Mieke Jacobs, Bc Dietetics, nutritionist at the University Hospital Zurich, provided information on the most…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 57th ASH Meeting in Orlando New field of application for rituximab The ASH Congress was held last year in Orlando. This time, one of the topics was the efficacy of rituximab in adult patients with B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Up…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated ESMO Asia 2015 News on gastric cancer, NET, head and neck tumors and NSCLC At the first ESMO congress in Asia (Singapore), the results of various large studies were discussed and classified in terms of their international significance. The aim of the conference was…
