This content is machine translated 10 years GIST Group Switzerland GIST – a life with cancer Since 2004, the patient organization “GIST Group Switzerland” (www.gist.ch) has been supporting patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) and their families. This year’s annual meeting offered a special program for…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Metastatic colorectal carcinoma Determination of mutational RAS status is important in mCRC The results of the FIRE-3 study, presented at this year’s European Cancer Congress in Amsterdam, emphasize the importance and relevance of RAS mutation analysis (KRAS and NRAS) for first-line treatment…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Acute diarrhea in children Gelatine Tannat shows fast onset of action Background: In the 1980s, the death rate from acute diarrhea was an estimated 4.6 million people worldwide; the introduction of oral rehydration therapy (ORS [Oral Rehydration Solution]) reduced the number to…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Reflux and ulcer Proton pump inhibitors as first-choice therapeutic agents If alarm symptoms are present with reflux symptoms, esophagogastroduodenoscopy should be performed. Therapy is primarily by means of proton pump inhibitors (PPI). Probatory it is justifiable if there are no…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Obesity Diets make you fat It has long been known that diets make people fat, or are at the starting point of a long history of suffering for many a morbidly obese person. The following…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Omega-3 fatty acids How big is the impact on metabolism really? The consumption of omega-3 fatty acids is associated with positive effects on the cardiovascular system. Direct mechanisms such as reduction of blood pressure, improvement of ejection fraction, platelet aggregation inhibition…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated News from the AGLA Swiss compromise in atherosclerosis prevention With the adapted guidelines of the International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS), the Working Group Lipids and Atherosclerosis of the Swiss Society of Cardiology (AGLA) has found a compromise for risk assessment,…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Rheumatology, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology & Pneumology What’s new in internal medicine? At this year’s SGIM annual meeting, the update presentations were again very popular. And rightly so, because once again the audience learned a lot of interesting facts about the latest…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic inflammatory bowel disease The therapy goal is the control of the disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) refers to relapsing or continuous inflammatory diseases of the intestine. Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis belong to this group of forms. “Don’t be afraid of guidelines,”…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Roundtable discussion Use of conventional NSAIDs and coxibs in high-risk patients. Conventional NSAIDs and coxibs differ in their risk profile and tolerability, which is particularly important to consider in high-risk patients. But how to proceed? HAUSARZT PRAXIS in conversation with four…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point “Watch and Wait? A 30-year-old previously healthy woman suffers from a mild cough for two weeks. New increasingly abdominal pain occurs. During the day she feels feverish. The fever gauge shows 38.4 degrees…
