This content is machine translated Diabetes and eye damage “Eye damage is one of the most common sequelae in diabetics” CARDIOVASC interviewed PD Dr. med. Dr. Daniel Barthelmes, Senior Physician at the Eye Clinic at the University Hospital Zurich, on the topic of diabetic eye diseases. The focus was on…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated An impossibility? Weight reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes Increased body weight and diabetes mellitus often go hand in hand. Even if the topic of weight reduction in patients with diabetes is often difficult and difficult to implement, it…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Tips and trends Insulin therapy for type 2 diabetics Progressive diabetes mellitus type 2 is characterized by a continuous decrease in endogenous insulin secretion. Insulin remains a proven and very effective antidiabetic drug. The choice of insulin therapy is…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diet for diabetes Estimating carbohydrates is good, weighing them is even better The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus almost always means that patients have to change their diet. Mieke Jacobs, Bc Dietetics, nutritionist at the University Hospital Zurich, provided information on the most…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Folk medicine lore and some clinical studies What can herbal medicines do for diabetes? Diabetes type 2 is not necessarily one of the diseases for which one expects a treatment possibility with herbal preparations. However, there are a number of medicinal plants of western…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Breast Cancer Therapy Strategies to maintain bone health Adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer has adverse effects on bone health. Possible consequences are treatment-induced osteopenia, osteoporosis and fractures. It is known that antiresorptive substances such as bisphosphonates counteract…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Benign thyroid nodules What diagnostic and preventive steps are indicated? Benign small nodules in the thyroid gland are common. Since the (mostly incidental) detection of such asymptomatic nodules has also increased in recent years, the question arises as to how…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Diabetes therapy Status of bariatric and metabolic surgery. Bariatric and metabolic surgery is not only one, but the most effective treatment option for overweight type 2 diabetic patients. For the most important procedures performed today (gastric bypass Y-Roux…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated European Diabetes Congress in Stockholm First antidiabetic drug with proven reduction in cardiovascular risk Some 15,600 people from 134 countries attended the 51st European Diabetes Conference in Stockholm (Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes). The results of the EMPA-REG…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Diabetes Day in Bern New insulins improve compliance and reduce the risk of hypoglycemia Several new diabetes drugs have come on the market in recent months. It is becoming increasingly difficult for primary care providers to maintain an overview in the “jungle” of diabetes…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated PAVK, diabetic foot syndrome and venous thromboembolism News from angiology Peripheral arterial disease, as one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, now has a pandemic character. This development promotes technical progress and stimulates pharmaceutical research. With regard to…
