This content is machine translated Epilepsy MRI Imaging Overview Patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy and children with Rolando’s epilepsy may not require an MRI scan at all. In contrast, high-resolution MRI diagnostics should definitely be pursued in focal epilepsies…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Geriatrics Dementia and depression in old age Andreas Studer, MD, from the University Center for Geriatric Medicine at the Felix Platter Hospital in Basel, spoke at the Update Refresher in Zurich on the two topics of dementia…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Arteriovenous malformation Interdisciplinary treatment in an interventional-surgical hybrid room Case report: A 32-year-old, previously healthy woman developed sudden, mild motor aphasia at 26 weeks’ gestation.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Epileptic seizures - an overview What is important in the evaluation and treatment of epileptic seizures? About 5% of all people experience an epileptic seizure in their lifetime. Nearly 1% of the population develops epilepsy during their lifetime. In Switzerland, this is around 70,000 people, with…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Epilepsy Therapy Compliance, adherence and concordance About two-thirds of all patients with epilepsies can become seizure-free without intolerable side effects with appropriate and regularly taken antiepileptic pharmacotherapy. Regular medication adherence is most likely to be achieved…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Calcium and vitamin D controversy The correct prescription according to today’s (un)state of knowledge At the ESCIM congress in Geneva, Prof. Dr. med Reto W. Kressig from the University Center for Geriatric Medicine, Felix-Platter-Spital, Basel, presented the debate that has been going on for…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Urinary incontinence Pharmacological and minimally invasive therapy for urge incontinence. Urinary incontinence can manifest itself in a variety of symptoms. Once urge incontinence has been accurately diagnosed, it can be treated either with the help of a micturition diary, toilet…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Alzheimer's disease Additional benefit in combination with cholinesterase inhibitors? As life expectancy increases, so does the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease. A cure for this disease remains impossible, but several drugs have proven efficacy in the area…
This content is machine translated Brain tumor New surgical method brings important breakthrough Surgical injuries to the motor center in the brain and its pathways have severe consequences, e.g. paralysis of the arm or leg. Not least because of this, tumors in these…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Stroke Outreach Mobile Experts advocate complementary studies When a clot blocks a blood vessel in the brain, as happens in strokes, every minute counts. The Stroke Emergency Mobile (STEMO) of the Berlin STEMO Consortium of the Fire…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Update Neurology St. Gallen Good news with practical relevance In St. Gallen, interested parties were able to attend a series of lectures for the seventh time, which focused on an annual review of developments in the field of neurology.…