This content is machine translated Despite Corona emergency Do not ignore warning signals from the heart With the current dramatic rise in SARS-CoV-2 infections and the associated emergency in hospitals and intensive care units, heart specialists fear that cardiac patients with acute heart conditions may once…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated New medical tariff TARDOC A rocky road The fact that TARMED, the physician tariff for outpatient services introduced in 2004, is outdated is old news. Nevertheless, any improvement in the situation in the near future is on…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Gastroenterological endoscopy Colorectal cancer screening during and after the corona pandemic Screening colonoscopies are associated with great health benefits. This has been scientifically proven. If intestinal polyps are detected and removed in time, the risk of a malignant intestinal tumor can…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Telemedicine in integrative oncology Improve quality of life Ensuring quality of care for oncology patients is a major challenge in light of the COVID 19 pandemic. In particular, non-essential therapies, which can be of great importance for the…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Psoriasis: disease management during corona pandemic “Shared decision making” is especially important in these times Among psoriasis patients, there is often some uncertainty about the implications of their underlying disease and the respective system therapy with regard to the risk of a severe course of…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Covid-19 and psoriasis PsoProtect – current data at a glance The international registry PsoProtect collects data on confirmed or suspected covid-19 infections in psoriasis patients. One goal of the project is to develop a better understanding of what possible risk…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated COVID-19 Tariff shortfall is compensated by the Zurich government council Intensive care beds in the canton of Zurich are still over 90% occupied. Covid 19 patients are a major burden because they require longer-than-average ICU stays and medically demanding treatment.…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated COVID-19 study New method identifies T cells T cells play a crucial role in fighting coronavirus and preventing severe disease progression. They recognize and combat the virus directly in the infected cells. Munich researchers have precisely typed…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Research Understanding lung damage Researchers have studied in detail the cellular mechanisms at the onset of inflammatory lung injury triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Accordingly, the damage that necessitates ventilation is not caused by direct…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated TARMED and TARDOC Decision for physician tariff postponed The need to revise the outdated TARMED physician tariff is undisputed. Now, however, the Federal Council has decided to postpone approval of TARDOC. A procedure that the tariff partners curafutura,…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Corona research in focus “Breakthrough” infections, long-covid, and other recent analyses at a glance. Recently, there has been a Corona hotspot in the U.S., with many affected individuals being vaccinated. How is this to be classified? The long-term effects of COVID-19 will probably continue…