This content is machine translated Alzheimer's disease Additional benefit in combination with cholinesterase inhibitors? As life expectancy increases, so does the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease. A cure for this disease remains impossible, but several drugs have proven efficacy in the area…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Pediatric and geriatric oncology Treat young and old correctly This issue of InFo ONKOLOGIE & HÄMATOLOGIE is about tumors in pediatrics and geriatrics.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Geriatrics Oncology treatment for seniors: a luxury? The risk of developing cancer increases steadily over the course of a lifetime. Thus, 60% of new cancer cases occur after the age of 65 and approximately 60 to 70%…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic pain patients It needs leadership, eminence and effective medicines About ten percent of the Swiss population suffers from chronic pain. Monika Jaquenod-Linder, MD, has been a pain therapist in Zurich for about twenty years. At the Spine and Pain…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Prevention against dementia Physical activity as an effective prophylaxis? Regular physical activity can significantly reduce the risk of developing dementia as well as delay the onset of the disease. This activity should start as early as possible, but positive…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Dementia What can be done about cognitive decline in old age? One aspect of aging concerns the fear of declining cognitive abilities. The causes can be varied and include a few treatable conditions and many that are currently untreatable.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Pain The essence of modern pain therapy The term “essence” was used in ancient times as a philosophical concept of essence, or beingness. What is meant is the inner nature of a thing, its core. If you…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Cerebral microangiopathy and vascular dementia. Small vessels with great significance Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer’s dementia and thus the most common non-neurodegenerative form of dementia. It does not represent a singular disease.…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Medicinal pain therapy Consider the pain mechanism, not just the pain intensity 115 years ago, the first synthetically produced analgesic came onto the market in a shelf-stable form. This was acetylsalicylic acid, which is still in use today. In the meantime, many…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Drug treatment of Alzheimer's disease Current guidelines and future prospects A prerequisite for the best possible treatment of memory deficits in AD is a sufficient differential diagnosis. After ruling out other causes, cholinesterase inhibitors and glutamate receptor antagonists can be…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Dementia vs. depression The problem of differential diagnosis Dementias and depression are the most common neuropsychiatric disorders of aging. Due to a largely overlapping symptomatology, the exact diagnosis is difficult and often cannot be made in a single…
