This content is machine translated Anti-aging and disease prevention Antioxidants – disenchanted Antioxidants are considered an all-purpose weapon against aging and an effective means of preventing various diseases. Antioxidants protect the body from free radicals that cause oxidative stress. The industry offers…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Memories of an allergist Asthma attacks in the playhouse – Mephisto is behind it Case history: The 57-year-old lighting designer and head of lighting at the Zurich Schauspielhaus suffered from sporadic asthma attacks at work during the last years without any apparent cause. Sneezing…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Atopic eczema What should be considered in infant patients? Atopic eczema is a chronic recurrent skin disease based on a genetically determined dysfunction of the epidermal barrier. Every fifth to sixth child in Western civilization today is affected by…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Therapy for nail pathologies Splintering, discolored or deformed nails: what next? Nail diseases can be very disturbing for the patient cosmetically, but also functionally. Before deciding on therapy, it is important to determine whether the nail change is due to a…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated New therapies Progress in metastatic malignant melanoma New insights in tumor biology and immunology as well as in molecular pathology have rapidly driven the development of immunomodulatory antibodies and so-called “targeted” therapeutics [1]. This makes the therapy…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Actinic keratosis Early treatment is indicated Actinic or solar keratoses represent in situ squamous cell carcinomas of the skin and are one of the more common dermatoses in daily practice. On the one hand, it is…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Excision, radiation, or topical therapy? Diagnostics and treatment of basal cell carcinoma Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common cancer in the world. Various factors and tumor characteristics influence the risk of recurrence, which is why BCC is divided into high-…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Dermatology Is this suspicious skin change a skin cancer? When patients come to the office with skin lesions that are suspicious of skin cancer, often even the primary care physician is unsure how to proceed. Prof. Dr. med. Ralph…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated New interdisciplinary consultation hour at UKBB Interdisciplinary against complex diseases Parents of children with a complex medical condition face significant challenges in their daily lives. The relief is all the greater when they do not have to attend many individual…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated How to proceed with chronic wounds? Assessment, dressings and adjuvant therapy Chronic wounds are a major challenge for primary care providers. The reasons for this are the diverse causes of wounds, the patient’s desire for rapid treatment success and, last but…
View Post 9 min Atopic dermatitis Pruritus and relation to barrier function Chronic pruritus (> 6 weeks of duration) is one of the most frequent skin complaints and occurs in a broad variety of diseases including dermatological, systemic, neurological, psychosomatic/psychiatric and gynaecological…
