This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Sprue The term sprue is used for two different diseases that are associated with chronic diarrhea: tropical sprue and celiac disease (gluten-sensitive enteropathy), formerly known as indigenous sprue [1]. This is...…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Colorectal cancer screening Results of the population-based PREEMPT-CRC study An original investigational paper published in JAMA 2025 reports the clinical validation of an investigational, blood-based circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) test for the early detection of colorectal cancer at average...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Obesity in the family practice Aim for realistic goals and avoid apportioning blame Morbid obesity is a significant health risk factor and its prevalence has increased in many industrialized countries in recent years. The principles of weight reduction have hardly changed over the...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Treatment of pancreatitis: current study data How can the risk-benefit profile be improved? Acute pancreatitis is a life-threatening complication in patients with familial chylomicronemia syndrome. With olezarsen and plozasiran, two innovative drug candidates have been developed for which promising Phase III data are...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – external hernias If the hernia can be seen from the outside or if the protrusion resulting from a hernia leads from the inside of the body towards the skin, it is referred...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated MASLD/MASH Drug therapy options on the rise: spectacular evidence Over the last few decades, the incidence of steatotic liver disease has risen in parallel with the increase in obesity, diabetes and other metabolic diseases. It is recommended to screen...…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Abdominal pain – Colitis Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases are characterized by an intermittent course. In Crohn’s disease, the main sites of manifestation are the terminal ileum and the colon, while ulcerative colitis exclusively affects...…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Casuistry Hernia turns out to be a 25 cm long Meckel’s diverticulum Meckel’s diverticulum is one of the most common congenital anomalies of the gastrointestinal system with an estimated prevalence of about 2% in the general population. Although it often remains asymptomatic,...…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Focus on prevention Colorectal cancer screening – an update Colorectal cancer is a relevant disease for society: every twentieth person in Switzerland is affected at least once in their lifetime. In Switzerland, around 4300 new cases occur every year...… CME-Test
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Severe acute pancreatitis COX-2 inhibition alleviates inflammation and improves outcomes Severe acute pancreatitis represents a persistent therapeutic challenge due to its unpredictable course and the lack of targeted pharmacological options. Despite improved supportive care, mortality remains high, especially in cases...…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Ulcerative colitis Rgs14 protein can worsen the severity Rgs14 is a protein that acts as a regulator of G-protein signaling pathways by accelerating the GTPase activity of G-protein alpha subunits and thereby converting them to their inactive GDP-bound...…
