This content is machine translated Liver disease Possibilities of treatment with milk thistle Pharmacological and clinical studies support the efficacy of milk thistle extracts and silymarin – an overview of diseases and efficacy studies.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) Is the survival prognosis actually worse for GIST of the small bowel? GIST is most commonly found in the stomach and small intestine. A new comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database shows that, contrary to popular…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Gallbladder diseases What are the surgical options? The most common benign biliary disease, cholecystolithiasis, can cause acute and chronic inflammation of the gallbladder and biliary obstruction. The therapeutic gold standard is laparoscopic cholecystectomy. There are innovative surgical…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Colon irritabile (irritable bowel syndrome) Adequate procedure according to IBS subtype Medication and non-drug therapy options are available for irritable bowel syndrome. However, typical symptoms must first be recognized and alarm signs correctly interpreted. A long-term doctor-patient relationship is central to…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Advanced training course in clinical oncology in St. Gallen Metastatic colorectal cancer “beyond surgery”. At the advanced training course in clinical oncology in St. Gallen, there was also a symposium on colorectal carcinoma, among other topics. In an overview, Prof. Dr. med. Ralf-Dieter Hofheinz,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated 24th Doctors' Forum, Davos Acute abdomen This year, the Davos Medical Forum once again offered a wealth of practice-relevant topics for primary care providers. The varied program included presentations on common diseases as well as specific…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Advanced NET of the midgut Radiopeptide therapy successful in disease progression Patients with advanced, progressive somatostatin receptor-positive neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of the midgut may benefit from so-called peptide-mediated radioreceptor therapy (PRRT), according to a publication in the New England Journal of…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Prompt and specific pathogen detection Acute infectious diarrhea: Diagnostics 2.0 Diarrhea is defined as three or more unformed bowel movements within 24 hours. If the symptoms resolve within 14 days, the condition is referred to as “acute” diarrhea [1]. The…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Eosinophilic esophagitis The therapy goal should be “absolute” freedom from symptoms Dysphagia and bolus impaction are highly suspicious for the presence of eosinophilic esophagitis in younger patients. To confirm the diagnosis, biopsies are taken from different segments of the esophagus during…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Phytotherapy for gastrointestinal complaints Herbal preparations from different traditions lead to success The following article presents two completely different herbal preparations, both of which have documented efficacy in functional dyspepsia. One comes from Western phytotherapy and corresponds to the way of thinking…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Diverticular diseases You do not always have to operate The risk of recurrence in acute uncomplicated diverticulitis is less than anticipated, and a second episode of acute diverticulitis is not an obligatory indication for resection. Sonography is an effective…
