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…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Prevention Summit Lowering blood pressure to prevent dementia? Vascular dementia was the subject of a presentation at the Prevention Summit at the University Hospital Zurich. PD Dr. med. Urs Schwarz, University Hospital Zurich, gave an overview of this…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated New developments in the field of Alzheimer's dementia “It is an open question how much dementia prevalence will actually increase in the future” Ansgar Felbecker, MD, from the Clinic for Neurology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, discussed issues related to Alzheimer’s dementia with HAUSARZT PRAXIS. Current epidemiological figures, pathogenetic findings, and diagnostic and therapeutic…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated EGb 761 for dementia with neuropsychiatric symptoms A recently published review demonstrates the efficacy of the plant extract The present review represents an analysis of four studies published between 2007 and 2012 that investigated the efficacy of the Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 in patients with age-related dementia…
