This content is machine translated EULAR - Rheumatoid arthritis Considerations for choosing the appropriate DMARD One session at the EULAR Congress in Rome was dedicated to rheumatoid arthritis. The focus was on early forms of the disease and the benefits of rapid intervention. An overview…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Zurich Review Course in Clinical Cardiology. Always take syncope in athletes seriously The first day of the Zurich Review Course focused on current news in cardiology. What is the benefit of iron deficiency therapy in heart failure? When should which of the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated SGIM Congress in Basel Diabetes update – what do you need to know about the different agents? A lot has happened in the field of diabetes therapy in recent years. Many new active ingredients have appeared on the market. However, metformin and lifestyle modifications are still considered…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) 1-year results of the SAPIEN 3 study At EuroPCR, the Congress of Interventional Medicine, held in Paris in May 2015, the latest results of various studies on TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation) were presented, among other topics.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Interdisciplinary Symposium Neuro Emergencies Seizure events and confusional states – how to proceed? An afternoon event on “Neuro Emergencies” at the Inselspital in Bern focused, among other things, on the clinical distinction between psychogenic and epileptic seizures. The two types of seizures have…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated 17th Basel Oncology Talks on Malignant Melanoma Targeted and immunological therapies – what is the current status? This time, a comprehensive overview of the current state of research in the field of targeted and immunological therapeutic approaches for metastatic melanoma was given at the Oncology Talks held…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference Male breast cancer – how do receptor subtypes differ? The IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference was held in Brussels in May. Topics of discussion included the tumor and outcome characteristics of the various molecular subtypes of breast carcinoma in men.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated EHA Congress in Vienna Multiple Myeloma News From June 11 to 14, 2015, the congress of the “European Hematology Association” took place in Vienna. Among many other news, there were of course also updates on multiple myeloma.…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Congress of the American Academy of Dermatology Acne and atopic dermatitis – ways of therapy Two studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in San Francisco were devoted to acne therapy. Both tested a fixed combination of adapalene and benzoyl…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated SGIM Congress in Basel How to proceed with abdominal pain? At an event during the SGIM congress in Basel, the topic was abdominal pain. PD Dr. med. Emanuel Burri, Kantonsspital Baselland Liestal, gave an overview of dyspepsia, discussed the current…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) Are gas station attendants at increased risk for MDS? The biennial International Symposium on Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) was held in Washington, USA, in early May. Risk factors for MDS were among the topics discussed. Several studies were presented in…
