This content is machine translated Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes There is a need for action In patients with type 2 diabetes, the risk of heart attack or stroke is doubled, and the risk of arterial occlusive disease is even quintupled. With a focus on prevention,…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Swiss Stroke Society SHG Quality assurance in cerebrovascular care throughout Switzerland The Swiss Stroke Society SHG celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016. As an interdisciplinary society, it is open to all professionals involved in cerebrovascular treatment and promotes clinical and scientific…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Herbal medicines help with various complaints Phytotherapy in geriatrics One might assume that diseases in old age can only be treated with synthetic drugs, since the typical diseases in this last stage of life are often considerable and have…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated The power of blood Can we improve our performance with our own blood? Regardless of faith and ideology, man has always attributed a special meaning to blood: it stands simultaneously for life and death, for good and evil, for purity and profanation, for…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Care of epilepsy patients An EMU for the Epilepsy Center of Eastern Switzerland The Epilepsy Center of the Clinic for Neurology at the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen offers comprehensive medical care for epilepsy patients in Eastern Switzerland. Long-term EEGs can now also be…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Sport in the growing age A child is not a miniature adult Whether structured, organized and performance-oriented sport is a positive thing already in childhood is today judged very controversially (keyword: early specialization vs. general training). The fact is that in many…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Many studies document the effectiveness Hawthorn against heart failure Various species of the plant genus Crataegus, hawthorn, have been used since ancient times to treat heart failure. There are many clinical studies documenting the efficacy of standardized hawthorn extracts.…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Simple measure in practice for prophylaxis of falls and osteoporosis fractures Calcium vitamin D supplementation deserves more attention Calcium-vitamin D supplementation is an effective, safe, and broadly applicable fall and fracture prophylaxis. In addition to much acclaimed, spectacular, new achievements in medicine, this simple, solidly based basic measure…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Germ-free air for team and patients Patented plasma technology destroys viruses, bacteria and VOCs Running a medical practice economically requires healthy and motivated employees as well as satisfied patients. However, it is no secret that there is an increased risk of infection in medical…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated From "Athlete's Foot" to Tennis Elbow Small lexicon of sports-related medical terms (part 2) The fact that sport, as the most important secondary matter in the world, is closely linked to the world of medicine is something that pharmaceutical advertising in particular likes to…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Hopeful research results Primates regain control over paralyzed limbs Having funded the IRP Spinal Cord Repair Chair at EPFL, held by Prof. Grégoire Courtine, since 2012, the IRP is participating in the funding of the clinical trial that has…
