This content is machine translated Update for the family doctor The patient requiring dialysis Due to the increasing aging of the population as well as improved medical care, the number of patients undergoing renal replacement procedures has increased in recent years. At the end…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Nutrition for cancer Screening for malnutrition is useful in all cancer patients Between 30 and 80% of all cancer patients are malnourished at diagnosis. Malnutrition increases mortality and morbidity and decreases the tolerability of tumor therapies. Screening for malnutrition using established measurement…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Obesity and addiction “Food addiction” in overweight and obese adolescents. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of “food addiction” as measured by the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) in overweight and obese adolescents…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated European Breast Cancer Conference, Amsterdam Does mate tea consumption lower breast cancer risk? Do hot drinks like tea or coffee affect breast cancer risk? And what about drinking such beverages when a breast cancer patient is undergoing chemotherapy? At the Breast Cancer Conference…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated 14th Zurich Review Course in Clinical Cardiology “Fatness or Fitness” – which parameter is more significant for mortality risk? Obesity is unhealthy, increases cardiovascular risk and therefore mortality. It is worth taking a closer look at this seemingly clear connection. Where in the body are fat deposits particularly harmful…
View Post 11 min This content is machine translated An impossibility? Weight reduction in patients with type 2 diabetes Increased body weight and diabetes mellitus often go hand in hand. Even if the topic of weight reduction in patients with diabetes is often difficult and difficult to implement, it…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Efficacy in dyspepsia and for lipid lowering. The artichoke is good not only for gourmets Artichoke is a medicinal plant known since ancient times and is cultivated as a vegetable. There are studies documenting its effectiveness in dyspeptic complaints and in lowering cholesterol levels.
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Parkinson's Coffee consumption and risk of levodopa-induced dyskinesias. Purpose: To investigate a possible association between coffee consumption and the risk of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Diet for diabetes Estimating carbohydrates is good, weighing them is even better The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus almost always means that patients have to change their diet. Mieke Jacobs, Bc Dietetics, nutritionist at the University Hospital Zurich, provided information on the most…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Update Refresher Internal Medicine “Fat kills” – or is it? At the Update Refresher Internal Medicine, the two cardiologists from the Stadtspital Triemli Prof. Dr. med. Franz Eberli and PD Dr. med. David Kurz discussed news and views from current…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated From carbohydrates, proteins and fats The importance of nutrition in sports Athletic performance is the result of the interaction of numerous factors, similar to a mosaic or a puzzle. The overall picture is only correct if all the bricks or parts…
