This content is machine translated Food allergies - part 2 Allergens can be transferred with the saliva of the partner In the second part of the article on food allergies (the first part appeared in DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS 4/2013), pollen-associated food allergies, oral allergy syndrome, rare food allergy trigger pathways such…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Food supplements Folic acid is a MUST even before pregnancy Around 75 expectant parents in Switzerland are still confronted with the diagnosis of spina bifida every year – too many and unnecessarily, as became clear at a press conference in…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Zurich Review Course in Clinical Cardiology Cardiac therapy from aspirin to vitamin D From April 11-13, 2013, the Review Course in Clinical Cardiology was held in Zurich for the eleventh time. Renowned experts dealt with a variety of topics from the field of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Obesity Diets make you fat It has long been known that diets make people fat, or are at the starting point of a long history of suffering for many a morbidly obese person. The following…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Editorial Obesity and metabolic diseases Obesity (BMI> 30 kg/m2) has developed relatively rapidly in industrialized nations from a marginal group phenomenon to a real socio-economic problem. The changed living conditions of our society have led…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Food allergies - part 1 The hundred-year history of food allergies DERMATOLOGIE PRAXIS already contained several articles on the epidemiology, clinic, modern diagnostics and therapy of food allergies as well as food intolerances [1–7]. This article briefly reviews the history of…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Supplementation with food supplements Useful during pregnancy? The worse the blood sugar around the time of conception, the greater the risk of malformations in the child. Animal studies indicate that supplementation with vitamins and other nutrients can…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Current studies in a nutshell Special aspects of osteoporosis treatment Fortunately, osteoporosis and its consequences no longer have to be accepted as an untreatable fate. Thanks to intensive research in this field, many options are now available for prevention, early…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Interview with Prof. Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, Zurich Always supplement calcium combined with vitamin D While the calcium supply in Switzerland is usually ensured to a large extent through the diet, vitamin D deficiency is common. How this deficiency can be compensated for and in…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis Reduce risk of rheumatic disease with vitamin D? Worldwide, about half of the adult population suffers from vitamin D deficiency (<50 nmol/l). This increases the risk of bone fractures and falls. At this year’s EULAR Congress in Madrid, several…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Diagnostics and therapy of anorexia and bulimia nervosa When food becomes a problem Dissatisfaction with one’s appearance and dieting behaviors, combined with disturbances in self-esteem, emotion regulation, and problems in relationships, can promote the onset of eating disorders at critical life stages. Recent…
