This content is machine translated Metastatic colorectal cancer Does vitamin D put the brakes on tumors? Prospective analysis of a phase III trial of metastatic colorectal cancer shows that higher vitamin D levels provide better outcomes. Patients not only lived significantly longer, but also later became…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Diabetes Highlights 2014 Weight reduction: the best diet is the one that the patient sticks to On December 11, 2014, diabetes experts from all over Switzerland provided information on current trends and news on diabetes mellitus at a one-day symposium. Outstanding studies published in 2014 were…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 10th Zurich Hypertension Day Does “ARNI” represent a new, blood pressure-lowering active principle? On January 15, 2015, the Zurich Hypertension Day was held for the tenth time at the University Hospital Zurich. Already five minutes before the start of the event, the large…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Cardiology Update 2015 Acute myocardial infarction – is a faster diagnosis possible? The Cardiology Update took place again this year in Davos, covered in winter snow. Among other things, it was about acute coronary syndrome. New strategies of early diagnosis in acute…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Atopic dermatitis Check compliance before intensifying therapy Atopic dermatitis continues to present a therapeutic challenge. Several presentations at the EADV congress therefore addressed this topic in more detail: When is a switch from topical to systemic treatment…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Multiple Sclerosis Symposium Start therapy early to improve long-term outcome The Multiple Sclerosis Symposium at Inselspital in Bern provided a broad overview of the epidemiology, etiology, course, assessment, and current pharmacotherapy of the condition. There are exciting findings from basic…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated HIV-associated lymphomas Stem cell transplantation is also a good therapy option for HIV patients At the ASH Congress in San Francisco, a study showed that HIV patients with relapsed or refractory lymphoma do not need to be treated differently than patients without HIV with…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Results from the ICE and SOFT studies Does capecitabine prove effective and who benefits from ovarian suppression? Two studies presented at the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium had been eagerly anticipated: ICE tested adjuvant monochemotherapy with capecitabine in an elderly patient population and SOFT tested ovarian…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 10th Zurich Hypertension Day Are new antihypertensive agents coming soon? On January 15, 2015, the Zurich Hypertension Day was held at the University Hospital Zurich. The topic of correct blood pressure setting is obviously burning under the nails of primary…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 18th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Cerebrovascular Society Cerebral hemorrhagic complications during anticoagulation – how to proceed? Intracranial hemorrhage is one of the most feared complications of oral anticoagulant therapy. At the annual meeting of the Swiss Cerebrovascular Society in Geneva, a lecture was dedicated to this…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Interdisciplinary symposium on vertigo Video-based techniques simplify quantification of vestibular function An educational event on February 12 at the Inselspital Bern focused on vertigo: Among other topics, the most important vertigo syndromes for the practice, video-oculography and current therapy options were…
