This content is machine translated Phytotherapy in focus Herbal medicines for musculoskeletal complaints For some years now, medical research has been increasingly concerned with herbal medicines with analgesic and antiphlogistic potential. And certainly the disillusionment with COX-2 inhibitors has contributed to the fact…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point Freedom of choice After the Zurich electorate approved the initiative “Yes to freedom of choice in obtaining medicines” on November 30, 2008, residents of the cities of Zurich and Winterthur have finally been…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated To the point “Watch and Wait? A 30-year-old previously healthy woman suffers from a mild cough for two weeks. New increasingly abdominal pain occurs. During the day she feels feverish. The fever gauge shows 38.4 degrees…
View Post 1 min This content is machine translated Gastroenterology and Hepatology Listen to the gut feeling I am pleased to present two exciting topics in gastroenterology and hepatology in the current issue of HAUSARZT PRAXIS. Especially non-specific complaints and symptoms are a daily challenge in primary…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Visually impaired or blind? Visual impairment in Switzerland more frequent than previously assumed A study now published by the Swiss National Association for the Blind SZB calculates the current number of blind and visually impaired people in Switzerland to be over 300,000. According…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Therapy of mental illness Treating depression and bipolar disorder using guidelines What is standard practice in somatic medicine – guideline-based treatment recommendations for specific diseases – is relatively new in Swiss psychiatry. Although very good evidence-based algorithms exist for most mental…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Eczema comprehensive treatment Dealing with skin changes Dear Colleagues. Do you find yourself with a patient sitting in front of you with skin lesions that you can vaguely classify as eczema? To further clarifications or above all…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Current psoriasis therapy Comorbidities require careful drug selection Today, biologicals are part of the standard therapy for psoriasis. Pharmaceutical companies are conducting intensive research into new drugs. Experts believe that new biologicals with a similar mechanism of action…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pollen allergy due to hardy alders Hay fever in winter – does it exist? The purple alder adorns our daily cityscape, but the green splendor can also trigger allergies in winter, Swiss researchers have found.
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Instrument preparation The nuts and bolts of practice hygiene In the primary care practice, safety goals established by law must be achieved when using medical devices. The dipl. Hygiene consultant Sibylle Scheibler-Bivi explains what is important.
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated To the point Lie detector brand family doctor For a few weeks now, our patients have been coughing and blowing their nose in the waiting room again. Viral infections are “in vogue”. The typical flu patients are giving…
