This content is machine translated Pain Congress in Hamburg Pain therapy – balancing efficacy and tolerability At the German Pain Congress in Hamburg, experts provided insights into the current options for pain therapy. This is not infrequently characterized by patients having to weigh up (especially gastrointestinal)…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Neuropathic pain In most cases a multimodal therapy is necessary Due to the special pathophysiology and the resulting therapy options, the general practitioner plays a decisive role in the diagnosis and therapy of neuropathic pain. Essential knowledge of clinical and…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Migraine therapy - Update Towards new routes of administration and new therapeutic principles Since the introduction of triptans in the 1990s, there have been few innovations in the development of migraine therapy. Currently, however, a number of promising substances or neurostimulation methods are…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 19th Zurich Cardiovascular Day Brain stroke – a clinical picture from two different perspectives Two experts from different fields spoke on the topic of “cerebral stroke” at the 19th Zurich Cardiovascular Day. From a neurological perspective, cerebral microbleeds have been identified as a risk…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated MS diagnosis Social consequences and possibilities of integration The possible limitations caused by multiple sclerosis have an influence on the social framework of people with MS and their relatives. Changes in opportunities for participation in education, work, interaction…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) Significance of EDSS for therapy indication in multiple sclerosis. Clinical symptoms are critical in assessing the course and therapy of multiple sclerosis. To date, no symptom assessment method has been able to replace the clinical neurological examination, and no…
View Post 6 min 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…
