This content is machine translated TAVI From good to better At the first Scientific Session of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Cardiology on June 11, 2014, the focus was on TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation). Cardiac surgeons…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Nutrition in cardiovascular diseases Do food additives lower the risk of heart attack? One of the workshops at the annual meeting of the Swiss Society of Cardiology on June 12, 2014, examined the role of diet in cardiovascular disease. How do alcohol, omega-3…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Congress of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Fat people think faster Dozens of new study results were presented at this year’s European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and International Society of Hypertension Congress in Athens. The focus was not only on high…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Immuno-Oncology New pathways for improved cancer treatment? Long-term survival of patients with advanced-stage carcinoma is still an area where research is far from successful. In the field of melanoma, the approval of ipilimumab in 2011 has made…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Hype or hope? Metformin, vitamin D and aspirin as anticancer agents Time and again, various substances are praised as “anticancer agents,” both in scientific circles and in the lay press. A symposium at this year’s ASCO Congress in Chicago was dedicated…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Myeloproliferative neoplasms News from a field that is developing rapidly Classic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) include polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, and primary myelofibrosis. Several sessions at the EHA Congress in mid-June addressed the revision in the guidelines, news on JAK inhibition,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Tumors in the head and neck area What does HPV infection mean for treatment? The incidence of tumors in the head and neck region is increasing. This is often caused by infections with the human papilloma virus 16 (HPV16). However, the prognosis of patients…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Hemato-Oncology All hopes lie in targeted therapy What do so-called targeted therapies actually aim at? And what progress has been made in the various hematologic oncologic neoplasms in this regard? At the 21st Symposium Medicine in the…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Multiple Myeloma Active ingredients at a glance At the EHA Congress in Milan, multiple myeloma was the focus of several events. What are the current results of proteasome inhibitors and immunomodulatory drugs and what is their promise…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Metastatic colorectal cancer Comparison between bevacizumab and cetuximab in KRAS exon2 wild type. According to preliminary results of a large phase III trial presented at this year’s ASCO congress, bevacizumab and cetuximab (combined with FOLFOX or FOLFIRI) show similar efficacy in terms of…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Geriatrics Dementia and depression in old age Andreas Studer, MD, from the University Center for Geriatric Medicine at the Felix Platter Hospital in Basel, spoke at the Update Refresher in Zurich on the two topics of dementia…
