This content is machine translated "Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe" (SHARE) Analysis of polypharmacy in ≥65-year-olds The SHARE study is an international multidisciplinary longitudinal survey. The panel survey has been conducted approximately every other year for over 20 years. In an analysis published in 2025, data...…
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 11 min This content is machine translated COPD therapy Drug therapy – Update 2025 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) is a chronic inflammatory multisystem disease caused primarily by inhaled noxious substances in combination with environmental factors and genetic predispositions. The presence of such...… CME-Test
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Shared decision making Participatory decision-making using the example of diets for type 1 diabetes Participatory decision-making (PEF for short) has established itself in recent decades as a desirable form of interaction between doctor and patient. The concept is primarily based on the ethical principles...… CME-Test
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Patient-centered rounds in medicine Aligning care with the patient Patient-centered, patient-centered medicine respects and integrates individual preferences, values, or needs and has grown in importance in patient care in recent years. In clinical care, it is therefore important that...… CME-Test
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Vaccinations against viral respiratory infections Influenza, Covid-19 and RSV – Update 2025 The Swiss Vaccination Plan 2025 recommends passive immunization of infants with a monoclonal antibody or vaccination of pregnant women with a recombinant vaccine against RSV. RSV vaccination should also be...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated From symptom to diagnosis Dyspnea – thoracic lymphoma The spectrum of possible causes of lymph node swelling is broad and includes numerous acute and chronic diseases, including lymphoproliferative diseases and malignancies. In more than half of the cases,...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Hemophilia A and B Personalized approach and innovative treatment options Severe haemophilia carries a high risk of life-threatening complications if left untreated. In addition to the classic therapeutic principle of substituting the missing coagulation factor, new treatment options have been...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Interstitial lung diseases Artificial intelligence improves ILD diagnosis The diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) can be difficult, especially in the early stages when pulmonary function tests (PFTs) show only minor changes. To improve the effectiveness of early...…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Management of patients after alloHCST ERS/EBMT guideline recommendations on pulmonary cGvHD After an allogeneic stem cell transplant (alloHCST), life-threatening chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) occurs again and again. This is when the donor’s immune cells attack the recipient’s body. Lung involvement in...…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Arterial hypertension: ESC guideline 2024 in focus New category “elevated blood pressure” – what are the therapeutic implications? According to the guideline of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), which was updated last year, blood pressure values of 120-139/70-89 mmHg are considered “raised blood pressure”. Drug therapy is...…
