This content is machine translated Intracerebral hemorrhage and stroke Nursing home residents do not benefit from occupational therapy after stroke Two lectures at the 23rd European Stroke Conference in Nice were dedicated to the topic of stroke. On the one hand, it was about effective prophylaxis. How can intracerebral hemorrhage…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Acute stroke Is blood pressure therapy useful? Updates on the Scandinavian Candesartan Acute Stroke Trial (SCAST) were presented at this year’s European Stroke Conference in Nice. The results come in part from a long-term follow-up presented by…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Infectiology The dangerous disease travels home with At the fourth JHaS congress in Thun, Niklaus Labhardt, MD, Liestal, spoke about travel souvenirs in family practice. In particular, he addressed dengue fever, which is on the rise worldwide…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Moderate to severe psoriasis Safety and efficacy of PDE4 inhibition. Psoriasis is a skin disease caused by a disorder of the immune system with subsequent strong cell growth. It can be divided into different forms: Plaque Psoriasis (Psoriasis vulgaris), Psoriasis guttata,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis The need for new therapeutic options is great Recently, a large multinational study investigated the impact of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) on the lives of people with the condition. This showed that various areas of the disease…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hodgkin's lymphoma Does brentuximab vedotin have curative potential in a subset of affected individuals? New results from a phase II study presented at the ASH Congress in New Orleans offer hope for patients with refractory or relapsed Hodgkin’s lymphoma: Approximately 10% of participants in…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic lymphocytic leukemia Not only ibrutinib attracts attention For patients with refractory or relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia, several agents are currently under investigation that show promising results. At the EHA Congress in Milan, the main focus was on…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pilot project in Merano Complementary medicine for breast cancer Prof. Dr. med. Claudia M. Witt, Zurich, and Dr. med. Christian Thuile, Merano, presented a pilot project at Merano Hospital at the 29th Swiss Annual Conference on Phytotherapy. In it,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From endometriosis to irritable bowel syndrome Chronic lower abdominal pain in women In a workshop at this year’s KHM Congress in Lucerne, speakers KD Dr. med. Stephanie von Orelli, Frauenklinik Stadtspital Triemli, Zurich, and Dr. med. Elisabeth Bandi-Ott, UniversitätsSpital Zurich, addressed the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Pulmonary hypertension The specific therapy remains complex In a seminar at this year’s KHM Congress, PD Dr. med. Silvia Ulrich Somaini, University Hospital Zurich, provided information on the most important aspects of pulmonary hypertension and how patients…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Comprehensive world atlas of allergies More than 300 physicians and researchers from 40 countries met in Copenhagen from June 7-11, 2014, at the Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. In addition…
