This content is machine translated PUBLIC REPORT Ginkgo biloba – a miracle cure for cognitive brain disorders and dementia? Although in relative terms dementia is slightly decreasing in the population, in absolute terms we are encountering more and more people with dementia due to the increase in life expectancy…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Functional gastrointestinal complaints Visceral hyperalgesia as an important pathomechanism. Visceral hypersensitivity and motility disorders are thought to be central factors in recurrent gastrointestinal symptoms without evidence of an organ pathologic cause. The gastrointestinal tract is highly innervated and has…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Blood-brain barrier When breast cancer invades the brain Patients with breast cancer can develop metastases in the brain – which means an even worse chance of survival. There may be factors in the blood that can predict this…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Migraine Acute therapy with triptans – (un)dispensable? In recent months, there has been an increased focus on the prophylaxis of migraine. Some promising new therapeutic options were presented and also show first positive results. But these treatment…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Spectrum Disease Spinal muscular atrophy – rare disease with individual course One in about 10,000 newborns has a gene defect, so that the impulse transmission of the motoneurons is disturbed. The muscles no longer receive signals and atrophy. Due to the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Alzheimer dementia With ginkgo biloba against pathogenic disease processes The most common form of dementia in the elderly – Alzheimer’s disease – is associated with amyloid plaques and Alzheimer’s fibrils. Both β-amyloid and p-tau are two pathogenic molecules that…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis From “one size fits all” to personalized therapy Multiple sclerosis is also called a disease with a thousand faces, because no two courses are alike. Early intervention is needed to preserve brain and spinal cord tissue. This is…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Parkinson's From clinical syndrome to molecular diagnostics and modern therapy A large proportion of Parkinson’s patients suffer from the sporadic form of the disease, in which no gene mutations can be detected. However, in order to develop drugs using cell…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Nusinersen in adults with 5q-SMA newly eligible for reimbursement Treatment of adult patients with 5q-associated spinal muscular atrophy type II and III with nusinersen will be reimbursed in Switzerland as of July 1, 2020. The costs are covered by…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Antiplatelet agents Ticagrelor reduces risk of recurrent stroke After an acute cerebral infarction or a transient ischemic attack (TIA), the risk of another stroke is massively increased. That early treatment with an antiplatelet agent contributes to secondary prevention…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pain Medicine Challenges and possibilities of therapy with cannabinoids Cannabinoids are becoming increasingly important in medicine. First used to treat nausea and loss of appetite in tumor and HIV patients, they are increasingly being used in certain nephropathies, multiple…
