This content is machine translated Bacterial meningitis Central nervous system survival strategy of pneumococci identified. Meningitis caused by pneumococcus accounts for approximately 0.6% of all deaths worldwide, placing it in the top ten list of infections worldwide. An international research team has now gained important…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Care of patients with ischemic stroke Individualized therapy replaces hard time windows Stroke is a common disease. It most often leads to permanent disability in adulthood. Therefore, research projects are being conducted to improve diagnostics and therapy.
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Treatment of refractory migraine What remains to be done Migraine therapy has made great strides in recent years. Nevertheless, not all patients are well adjusted and are often underserved in prophylaxis. Refractory migraine can be the result – but…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Giant cell arteritis Indication expansion of Actemra® in Switzerland Until now, only high-dose steroids have been available for the potentially life-threatening autoimmune disease giant gall arteritis. This has changed with the first commercially available non-steroidal biotherapeutic targeting the IL-6…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated CIPN Effectively treating nerve damage induced by cancer therapy A much feared side effect of many oncological treatments is chemotherapy-induced polyneuropathies. Early diagnosis and effective therapy can minimize the extent of damaged nerves.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated RMS and PPMS Early therapy with ocrelizumab slows the disease More than 100,000 people with MS are being treated with ocrelizumab worldwide. New analysis shows that drug exposure and low B-cell levels reduce the risk of progression. Long-term data advise…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Parkinson's disease What to do when fluctuations occur? Effect fluctuations are a common phenomenon in the course of Parkinson’s disease. This results in late complications such as on-off phenomena or dyskinesias. So far, they cannot be prevented, but…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Differential dignoses of vertigo “The problem child is phobic vertigo”. Since dizziness can have many underlying causes, diagnosis is often difficult. How can vertigo symptoms be classified? And what therapeutic measures are recommended?
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Late-onset MS and age-correlated effects. “Time matters” In recent years, late-onset MS and age-correlated effects on disease progression have become an increasing focus of interest. There are many new findings, but also some unanswered questions.
View Post 15 min This content is machine translated Insomnia in adults Current developments in diagnostics, pathophysiology and treatment Insomnia is a common health problem and is associated with high levels of distress. Early, effective treatment is important – also preventively. There are several effective non-pharmacological treatment options that…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Epilepsy Update anticonvulsants What has happened in drug therapy for epilepsy in the last two years? Prof. Hamer from Erlangen provided information about this at the annual meeting of the German and Austrian…
