This content is machine translated Suicide and suicide prevention More and more assisted suicides in Switzerland At this year’s congress of the Swiss Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (SGPP, August 2016, Basel), the motto was “Mental health from a generational perspective”. A problem that cuts across…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated ASCO Congress in Chicago Modern drugs and digital media improve cancer therapy This year’s ASCO Congress theme was “Collective Wisdom: The Future of Patient-Centered Care and Research.” According to ASCO, in order to continue to make progress in the care and treatment…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated EHA Congress in Copenhagen New therapeutic options and improved survival in acute leukemias This year, the congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) was held in Copenhagen from June 9-12. We report encouraging study results on the therapy of AML in elderly patients…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 6th Zurich Dermatology Training Days 2016 Five genodermatoses: genetic skin diseases in childhood Genodermatoses are diseases of the skin and its appendages resulting from mutation of a single gene and inherited according to Mendelian rules. These hereditary skin conditions are often not apparent…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated EAACI Congress in Vienna News about immunotherapy for allergies This year’s EAACI Congress was held in Vienna. Among other things, there was news on immunotherapy for food and inhalant allergy. Oral immunotherapy, in which the respective food protein is…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Joint Annual Meeting of Cardiologists and Pneumologists in Lausanne Heart failure guidelines 2016: The ARNI are coming Since the PARADIGM-HF study, angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitors, or “ARNIs”, have been the talk of the town: a breakthrough in the treatment of heart failure, a milestone or a quantum…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Endometriosis Balancing pain reduction and fertility preservation. At the KHM Congress in Lucerne, a workshop focused on endometriosis. The speakers, KD Dr. med. Stephanie von Orelli, Frauenklinik Stadtspital Triemli, Zurich, and Dr. med. Birgit Lübben, family physician…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated EULAR Congress 2016 How to protect siblings from diseases This year’s congress of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) in London once again offered exciting news from the field of rheumatology. Recent findings on the pathogenesis of juvenile idiopathic…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Treatment of hypertension in old age The blood pressure target values are to be determined individually The first SGAIM Spring Congress in Basel also hosted the Swiss Geriatric Society. Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Schönenberger, Head of Geriatrics, Spital Tiefenau, held a workshop on the therapy of…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated European Lung Cancer Conference 2016 in Geneva Is there a vaccine for malignant mesothelioma coming soon? Once again, the European Lung Cancer Conference was held in Geneva. Once again, the focus was primarily on non-small cell lung cancer. Therapies targeting mutated and non-mutated variants of EGFR…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated AAN in Vancouver Of rare diseases, Ebola late effects and poor sleep quality At the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) in Vancouver, the results of the EXIST-3 study were presented, which demonstrated the efficacy of everolimus in seizures associated…
