This content is machine translated Uncontrolled type 2 diabetes Empagliflozin as an effective addition to triple therapies In patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), a balanced glucose concentration is mainly achieved through drug therapies. If blood glucose control remains poor despite a triple combination of oral hypoglycaemic...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Epilepsy What to do if the therapy does not work? Around 60 million people worldwide are affected by epilepsy, the third most common neurological disorder. Up to 70% of patients can be effectively helped with initial therapy management and their…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – polycystic liver disease Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is characterized by multiple, usually progressively increasing cysts of the liver. It is the most common extrarenal manifestation of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Wolfram syndrome The term “DIDMOAD” syndrome – an acronym for the characteristic symptoms – serves as an alternative name for this autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, which was first described in 1938: Diabetes...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Journal Club CVD: Update on risk factors and prevention Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has a high prevalence worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Several secondary analyses have been published in the past two years. While Magnussen et...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – panniculitis Panniculitis can be classified as lobular or septal, depending on the main site of inflammation in the fat. In mesenteric panniculitis, magnetic resonance imaging is the method of choice to…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Rare diseases Syringomyelia – multiple symptoms make diagnosis difficult Syringomyelia is a rare disease that develops due to a disturbance of cerebrospinal fluid flow (CSF) and is often due to obstruction of the subarachnoid space of the spinal column.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Non-small cell lung cancer Management of locally advanced NSCLC – where are we heading? Lung cancer is the second most common and deadliest type of cancer worldwide. Clinically, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common pathologic form of lung cancer; approximately one-third…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated LDL cholesterol level On the way to the (LDL-C) target Cardiovascular disease ( CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Lowering the level of LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) in the blood reduces the risk of CVD such as heart attacks…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Anti-dementia drugs Insight into everyday care in Switzerland The proportion of anti-dementia drugs used varies according to age. While ginkgo biloba predominates up to the age of 70, cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine are used comparatively more from the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Depression A closer look at the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis Major depressive disorder ( MDD ) is a stress-related mental disorder with a lifetime prevalence of 20%, making it one of the most common mental illnesses worldwide. Many studies with…
