This content is machine translated Highlights from the ECTRIMS Congress 2013 New therapeutic approaches and an exciting hypothesis on the pathogenesis From October 2-5, 2013, the 29th ECTRIMS (Congress of the European Committee for Research and Treatment in Multiple Sclerosis) and the 18th RIMS (Annual Conference of Rehabilitation in MS) were…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Ginkgo Biloba Clinical studies on dementia therapy with phytotherapeutics. Numerous studies exist on the efficacy of the ginkgo biloba extract EGb761® in dementia. However, according to Prof. Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych. Ralf Ihl from the University of Düsseldorf, they differ…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Metastatic renal cell carcinoma. What are the reasons for resistance to current drugs? Practical strategies for treatment management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) were presented at the ESMO Congress in Amsterdam. Updates on current clinical trials and the utility of new treatment…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated New drugs Optimal use of kinase inhibitors How can kinase inhibitors be put to good use? What are the advantages or disadvantages of a combination? How can genomic sequencing contribute to an individualized therapeutic approach with such…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Cardiology Highlights 2013 New practice-relevant European guidelines What news did the 2013 European Congress of Cardiology in Amsterdam bring? Discussed were not only practice-relevant guidelines, but also the current trends regarding lifestyle modifications. Furthermore, studies on the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Decrease of brain volume in multiple sclerosis Potential future parameter for therapy monitoring More and more is becoming known about the importance of decreasing brain volume in patients with multiple sclerosis. And this is not least thanks to steady progress in imaging techniques…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Highlights of the symposium at the Inselspital Bern How to respond to cervical cancer in pregnancy? The twelfth annual symposium of the Breast and Tumor Center at the Inselspital Bern, which was held at the end of December 2013, focused this time on cervical carcinoma. What…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated St. John's wort in depression therapy Health services research complements double-blind studies Depression is very common among mental illnesses. Unipolar depression is the third leading cause of so-called Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY), years of life associated with health limitations and disability.…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 3rd Basel Dementia Forum Dementia places high demands on physicians and the personal environment The 3rd Basel Dementia Forum focused on various aspects of dementia in an interactive format. This provided important information for primary care physicians as well as interesting insights into a…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pancreatic adenocarcinoma The “borderline resectable” tumors as a specific challenge. At ASCO-GI in San Francisco, one of the topics was pancreatic adenocarcinoma. The so-called “borderline resectable” tumors were of particular interest. It is up for discussion whether primary surgery is…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Chronic lymphocytic leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Updates on the active ingredients GA101 and rituximab Three studies on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma were discussed at the ASH in New Orleans: One was an update on the stage 1 analysis of the CLL11…
