This content is machine translated Trend Days Health, Lucerne Health 4.0: Fit for the digital transformation? During the 13th Trend Days Health in Lucerne, more than 800 decision-makers from the Swiss healthcare sector addressed the question of where digitization in healthcare will lead, which opportunities are…
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 7 min This content is machine translated Rotational vertigo Finding causes in the family practice Dizziness is one of the most common symptoms seen in family practice. Anamnesis, examination findings as well as “red flags” help in the often difficult search for causes.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated The plague root extract Ze 339 soon against sinusitis? In vitro study shows promising results The mechanism of action of butterbur extract Ze 339 for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and its anti-inflammatory potential against viral upper respiratory tract exacerbations are still unknown. An in…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Allergen-specific immunotherapy (ASIT) Effectiveness, study situation, implementation ASIT is effective for hymenopteran venom allergies and the inhalant allergies, especially to pollen. In the case of inhalant allergies, SKIT and SLIT provide a spectrum of therapeutic modalities that…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Indoor Allergens Ficus benjamina and other green housemates Ornamental plants are considered allergen-free and therefore often not considered as their cause in housebound symptomatology. At the latest since the description of Ficus benjamina as an inhalation allergen in…
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 5 min This content is machine translated East Switzerland Emergency Symposium, St. Gallen Drug interactions – when does it get dangerous? Drug interactions can end dangerously. Family physicians in particular have a lot to do with multimorbid elderly patients. Interactions of the most common drugs should therefore be known.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Pain syndromes in rheumatology What are the “red flags” not to be missed? In etiological terms, rheumatism is not a uniform clinical picture, but means nothing other than pain and functional impairment of the musculoskeletal system. Before diagnosing a chronic pain syndrome of…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Migraine Causes, trigger factors, therapy update Current and historical concepts on the origin of migraine, pain triggers and how to combat them. Latest potentially groundbreaking development in the prophylactic field: the CGRP antibodies.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Herbal medicines for headaches A rather difficult indication for phytotherapy Besides the strongest analgesic, morphine, other herbal analgesics are not doing very well. It is true that there are medicinal plants with analgesic potential. However, various difficulties make it almost…
