This content is machine translated Depression in dementia Cognitive impairment is also common in depression Depression is the most common accompanying symptom of dementia and often the first to announce the onset of cognitive decline. The differential diagnosis of depression and dementia is difficult, and…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Congress for Holistic Pain Therapy Giving competition to the pain in the head At the 1st Swiss Congress for Holistic Pain Therapy, the focus was for once on topics other than drugs, interventions and control of side effects with regard to pain. Experts…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated 4th Basel Dementia Forum A lot has happened In Basel, an update on diagnostics and therapy was given at this year’s Dementia Forum. The two experts Prof. Dr. phil. Andreas U. Monsch and Prof. Dr. med. Reto W.…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronically ill patients Psychological comorbidities – recognize, ask, act Treatments for chronic diseases, most of which are complex, account for a large share of primary care consultations and total health care costs. “Chronic disease management” poses complex challenges for…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Multiple sclerosis Daclizumab effective in relapsing-remitting MS There was an update on the DECIDE study at the ACTRIMS-ECTRIMS Congress in Boston. In it, the antibody daclizumab is compared with interferon β-1a. The results are promising, although the…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Prevention and symptom management in multiple sclerosis Does a healthy diet help? Can you reduce the risk of developing multiple sclerosis if you always eat a healthy diet? And are patients who already suffer from MS possibly fitter due to a low…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Encephalitis Despite many treatment options, lethality remains high At the annual meeting of the Swiss Neurological Society in late October 2014, a session focused on encephalitides. These acute life-threatening diseases are rare, but the different etiologies and therapies…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Symptomatic vertebral body hemangioma with neurological complaints Minimally invasive interventional therapy Case Report: In a 30-year-old female patient with lower extremity sensory disturbances, an MRI examination revealed multiple, vascular, tumor-like vertebral body lesions in the upper thoracic spine that corresponded to…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Meningiomas Therapeutic options for recurrent or metastatic tumors A “Special Session” at the ESMO Congress focused on meningiomas. Although these brain tumors are primarily treated surgically, higher-grade meningiomas that can grow invasively may require radio or systems therapy.
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated Neurocognitive impairment Symptoms that should be taken seriously The brain in multiple sclerosis shows structural and functional changes early in the disease process – even before cognitive deficits become manifest. Brain atrophy is currently considered the best correlate…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Glioblastoma Moving forward with combined forces Considering that glioblastomas are among the most common and malignant brain tumors and have a very poor prognosis, optimizations of the current therapy are urgently needed. Two publications are attracting…
